The warming effect of black carbon must be reassessed in light of observational constraints
observational constraints Highlights We constrain warming estimates by BC using recent observations and emission inventories We find BC warming due to aerosol-radiation interaction spans a factor of three Rapid atmospheric adjustments reduce the instantaneous radiative forcing by nearly 50%
Authors
- B. H. Samset (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8013-1833)
- Alf Kirkevåg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-554X)
- Timothy Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8248-8753)
- Trond Iversen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-2979)
- Duncan Watson‐Parris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-4950)
- Chris Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0599-4633)
- Drew Shindell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4715)
- Øivind Hodnebrog (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-8992)
- Piers M. de F. Forster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6078-0171)
- Gunnar Myhre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4309-476X)
- Ryan J. Kramer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9377-0674)
- G. Faluvegi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9011-3663)
- Oliviér Boucher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-5769)
- Camilla W. Stjern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3608-9468)
- Philip Stier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1191-0128)
- Dirk Olivié
Institutions
- Goddard Institute for Space Studies (US)
- Met Office (GB)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute (NO)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research (NO)
- Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (FR)
- NASA Earth Science
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cell Reports Sustainability
- Published
- 2025-06-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100428
- Primary Topic
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
- European Commission
- Met Office
- Norges Forskningsråd
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- Natural Environment Research Council