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REDUCE BLACK REDUCE BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS & REDUCE GLOBAL & REDUCE GLOBAL WARMINGWARMING

A Project by :Ashok Kumar SatpathyScience Teacher ,Zilla School,Bhadrak

What is black carbonBlack carbon (soot) is fine particulate matter mainly comes from diesel engines,

industrial smokestacks , burning of wood & cow dung for residential cooking

and heating , open air cremation of dead bodies ,jungle fire , incomplete burning

of bio-mass ,old brick kilns & from burning of incense sticks & oil lamps (diya) .

Black carbon remains in the atmosphere for only a few days but absorbs more

heat than that of CO2 .

Soot from a brick kiln Soot from burning ghats of Varanasi

Soot from open air cremation of dead bodies

Soot from old disel engines

Soot from industries Soot from residential cooking

black carbon is more harmful than CO2

• The UN reports that 40% of the emissions causing global warming are from black

carbon emissions .

• Black carbon has a strong warming effect ( more than 100-2000 times than CO2 )

both in the atmosphere, and when it lands on snow, ice caps and glaciers, where it

absorbs the sun's heat, reduces reflectivity and causes widespread and faster

melting, causing sea level rise and other climate changes.

• A study of UN expert panel says that black carbon may increase earts’s

temperature by 0.5 degree by 2050 .

• A recent study shows that 250 million tons of black carbon is produced every

every year .

• The Tibetan Plateau & Himalayan glaciers the planet's largest store of ice after

the Arctic and Antarctic , are melting five times faster which could threaten

freshwater resources .

Mumbai’s Nariman Point will be submerged by Year 2030Nariman Point at present 2014 Nariman Point in 2030

The himalayan glaciers may totally disappear causing catastrophic disruption . the glacier meltdown will first result in rivers being flooded &then drying up. the ganga delta would turn infertile

COASTAL CATASTROPHE :- SEA LEVEL WILL RISE 20-30 CM HIGHER BY 2100 AND 50 MILLION PEOPLE IN

COASTAL INDIA WOULD BE DISPLACED BY FLOODING

It will submerge 6% of Netherlands, 17.5% of Bangladesh and many Island will disappear. (Lakshadweep, Andaman& nicobar, SL, Maldives etc.)

black carbon affects our health

• The World Health Organization reports that soot emissions kill more than

1.5 million people prematurely worldwide each year. In addition, millions

more, mostly in the developing world, are prone to develop respiratory

illnesses , asthma & heart problems .

• In India alone, black carbon-laden indoor smoke is responsible for over

400,000 premature deaths annually, mostly of women and children. As they

typically spend long hours cooking meals beside smoky fires and stoves,

with infants and small children nearby . With expanding populations in

Africa, India and China, and increased use of biomass (wood, crop residues

and dung), the issue is intensifying.

• Controlling emissions of black carbon, will save lives and improve health

around the world.-UN

• A new report from the United Nations environment programme has

concluded cutting the amount of soot we pour into the atmosphere, and

emissions of methane from agriculture, would be one of the most powerful

ways to tackle climate change. Preventing "black carbon", particles of

soot from industry and cooking fires, from polluting the air would help to

cut global warming by as much as 0.5 C, and reduce warming in the

Arctic by about 0.7 C by 2050.

• As black carbon remains in the atmosphere for only a few days - unlike

other greenhouse gases, which may remain in the atmosphere for over a

century - reducing black carbon emissions may be among the most

effective near-term & relatively cheap way for slowing global warming

immediately .

to reduce black carbon

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What can we do to reduce black carbon …..1. Banning of vehicles that emit high

levels of black carbon and particulate filter in every fuel engine .

2. Use of black carbon filter in industrial ,household & other chimneys .

3. Installation of low emission brick kilns having black carbon filter facility .

4. Use of modern biomass burning stoves to reduce black carbon emissions .

5. Use of coal briquettes instead of coal to reduce black carbon emission .

6. Ban of fossil fuel burning in open air .

6. Use of battery operated vehicle for public transport in big cities .

7. More stress on Electric Crematorium & chimney based crematorium .

BUY A HYBRID CAR

An average hybrid car driver could save 1 ton of Black Carbon ,16,000 lbs. of CO2 and about Rs.1,74,000 per year.

CARPOOL WHEN YOU CANOwn a big vehicle? Carpooling with friends and co-workers saves fuel. You can save ¼ ton of black carbon 790 lbs. of carbon dioxide and thousands of rupees per year.

USE COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBSIf you replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, you save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and Rs.2,789.40 per year.

UNPLUG UN-USED ELECTRONICS

Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. By unplugging them, you can save over 1,000 lbs. of CO2 and Rs.12,000 per year.

PLANT A TREETrees suck up carbon dioxide and make clean air for us to breathe. By planting just one tree, you can save about 2,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year.

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