what results when carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere?
The big result that jumps off the page is that black carbon plays a much bigger role in global warming than many scientists previously thought. According to the new analysis, it is second only to carbon dioxide in the amount of heat it traps in the atmosphere. The new estimate of black carbonâs heat-trapping power is about twice that made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007.