Cut Soot to Save Venice!
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The phenomenon of rising sea level has always been a ticking time bomb for coastal regions around the world. Scientist have now concluded that by cutting down soot, and various greenhouse gases that don’t last very long in the atmosphere such as methane, ozone in the lower altitudes and the factory-made refrigerants known as HFCs, it would significantly slow the rate of sea level rise by more than 20% per year. Cutting these short lived climate forcers by 30 to 60% would prevent roughly a degree Celsius of additional warming, which means less thermal expansion and less meltdown of ice sheets.
Link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=cut-soot-to-stave-off-sea-level-ris-13-04-14
Date & source: April 13, 2013, Scientific American