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The Burning Question of Bonfire Night Pollution – SciTechDaily
Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from the University of Leeds were monitoring…
Spectators gather around a bonfire at Himley Hall near Dudley, on November 6, 2010. Credit: SJNikon – Sam Roberts CC BY 2.0
Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found.
Researchers from the University of Leeds were monitoring air quality to determine whether soot created by fires and fireworks, known as black carbon, could help to create ice in clouds.
They found soot in the atmosphere around Guy Fawkes Night events was around 100 times…
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