Beyond the Slogans: Confronting the Terrifying Reality of Himalayan Black Carbon

Beyond the Slogans: Confronting the Terrifying Reality of Himalayan Black Carbon: In this article, veteran journalist and author, Jay Singh Rawat highlights black carbon as a major but often overlooked threat to the Himalayas, accelerating glacier melt beyond the impacts of greenhouse gases alone. Soot from vehicle emissions, forest fires, construction activities, crop-residue burning, and industrial pollution settles on snow, reducing its reflectivity and increasing heat