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SUBMITTER: Seki O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4642758 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seki Osamu O Kawamura Kimitaka K Bendle James A P JA Izawa Yusuke Y Suzuki Ikuko I Shiraiwa Takayuki T Fujii Yoshiyuki Y
Scientific reports 20150928
Carbonaceous aerosols influence the climate via direct and indirect effects on radiative balance. However, the factors controlling the emissions, transport and role of carbonaceous aerosols in the climate system are highly uncertain. Here we investigate organic tracers in ice cores from Greenland and Kamchatka and find that, throughout the period covered by the records (1550 to 2000 CE), the concentrations and composition of biomass burning-, soil bacterial- and plant wax- tracers correspond to ...[more]