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Russia burning huge amounts of gas, puzzling experts

• sydbarrett74 4y ago
• quantified 4y ago
  I wonder if we will be able to detect the additional soot on Arctic ice. How many years can that flare go for?
  • verdverm 4y ago
    There probably isn't much in the way of soot and that would be a long way for what is there to travel
    • quantified 4y ago
      > But as well as releasing about 9,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent every day from this flare, the burning causes other significant issues. Black carbon is the name given to the sooty particles that are produced through the incomplete burning of fuels like natural gas. "Of particular concern with flaring at Arctic latitudes is the transport of emitted black carbon northward where it deposits on snow and ice and significantly accelerates melting," said Prof Matthew Johnson, from Carleton University in Canada. "Some highly cited estimates already put flaring as the dominant source of black carbon deposition in the Arctic and any increases in flaring in this region are especially unwelcome."
      • verdverm 4y ago
        It would seem this amount of CO2 is negligible compared to aviation, and that forest fires likely put much more soot into the artic. Both Canada and Russia have had large fires in recent years https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html
        • quantified 4y ago
          That is why I asked if we would be able to detect it. Perhaps there are larger sources as well, no contradictions here.