New research identifies the relative importance of different sources of pollutants that accelerate glacial melting in the Indian Western Himalayas. This work can contribute directly to strategies to reduce pollutants at the source. Though earlier work has recognized the significance of aerosol pollutants such as soot and dust, their origins had not been firmly established.
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Source: Phys.org