A missing component of Arctic warming
Black carbon from gas flaring
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mee-Hyun Cho (0000-0002-6567-5899, Korea Polar Research Institute, corresponding author), Rokjin J Park (0000-0001-8922-0234, Seoul National University), Jin‐Ho Yoon (0000-0002-4939-8078, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology), Yonghan Choi (0000-0002-6617-4850, Korea Polar Research Institute), Jaein I Jeong (0000-0002-0603-2295, Seoul National University), Lev Labzovskii, Lev D Labzovskii (0000-0003-1459-5781, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences), Joshua S Fu (0000-0001-5464-9225, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kan Huang (0000-0002-8909-8184, Fudan University), Sujong Jeong (0000-0003-4586-4534, Seoul National University), Baek‐Min Kim (0000-0002-1717-183X, Pukyong National University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 094011-094011 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab374d |
| OpenAlex | W2965037200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
Gas flaring during oil extraction over the Arctic region is the primary source of warming-inducing aerosols (e.g. black carbon (BC)) with a strong potential to affect regional climate change. Despite continual BC emissions near the Arctic Ocean via gas flaring, the climatic impact of BC related to gas flaring remains uncertain. Here, we present simulations of potential gas flaring using an earth system model with comprehensive aerosol physics to show that increases in BC from gas flaring can potentially explain a significant fraction of Arctic warming. BC emissions from gas flaring over high latitudes contribute to locally confined warming over the source region, especially during the Arctic spring through BC-induced local albedo reduction. This local warming invokes remote and temporally lagging sea-ice melting feedback processes over the Arctic Ocean during winter. Our findings imply that a regional change in anthropogenic aerosol forcing is capable of changing Arctic temperatures in regions far from the aerosol source via time-lagged, sea-ice-related Arctic physical processes. We suggest that both energy consumption and production processes can increase Arctic warming
Aerosol · Albedo (alchemy · Arctic · Arctic geoengineering · Arctic ice pack · Atmospheric sciences · Climate change · Climatology · Drift ice · Effects of global warming on oceans · Geography · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · Meteorology · Sea ice · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · Atmospheric Ozone and Climate · Environmental Science · Geology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |