Clean air policies are key for successfully mitigating Arctic warming

Reduction in key air pollutants, especially particulate carbon, can help mitigate Arctic warming with associated benefits for global climate and human health, according to Earth system model simulations under future emissions scenarios.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors:	Knut von Salzen, Cynthia H. Whaley, Susan C. Anenberg, Rita Van Dingenen, Zbigniew Klimont, Mark G. Flanner, Rashed Mahmood, Stephen R. Arnold, Stephen Beagley, Rong-You Chien, Jesper H. Christensen, Sabine Eckhardt, Annica M. L. Ekman, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Greg Faluvegi, Joshua S. Fu, Michael Gauss, Wanmin Gong, Jens L. Hjorth, Ulas Im, Srinath Krishnan, Kaarle Kupiainen, Thomas Kühn, Joakim Langner, Kathy S. Law, Louis Marelle, Dirk Olivié, Tatsuo Onishi, Naga Oshima, Ville-Veikko Paunu, Yiran Peng, David Plummer, Luca Pozzoli, Shilpa Rao, Jean-Christophe Raut, Maria Sand, Julia Schmale, Michael Sigmond, Manu A. Thomas, Kostas Tsigaridis, Svetlana Tsyro, Steven T. Turnock, Minqi Wang, Barbara Winter
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:	Geology QE1-996.5 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Arctic Human health
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00555-x https://doaj.org/article/351420024dbe484394a3f89ebc687f69

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Summary:	Reduction in key air pollutants, especially particulate carbon, can help mitigate Arctic warming with associated benefits for global climate and human health, according to Earth system model simulations under future emissions scenarios.