Tag: Brown Carbon

News: Study has found that nearly 28% of particles collected from the air samples from a research station in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau were tarballs.   Facts: Tarballs: They are small light-absorbing, carbonaceous particles formed from Brown Carbon due to burning of biomass or fossil fuels that deposit on snow and ice. Where did Tarballs come… Continue reading Brown carbon ‘tarballs’ found in Himalayan atmosphere