Black carbon is the leftover junk from burning plants or fossil fuels. Researchers estimate that soot, or black carbon pollution in the most popular and accessible part of Antarctica is causing an extra inch of snowpack shrinkage every year. Soot in Antarctica comes primarily from the exhaust of cruise ships, vehicles, airplanes and electrical generators, although some pollution travels on the wind from all parts of the globe.
Polar ice works as a heat reflector mirror for our planet. The increase in oil and mining activity and tourism has increased the amount of black soot in the polar regions. Flying airplanes, bonfires and large cruise and commercial ships are the biggest offenders. The number of tourists has increased from about 10,000 in the 1990s to about 75,000 in the year 2019.
The black soot covers the bright reflective ice, which not only inhibits the reflection of solar radiation, but it also makes the ice warm up faster because the black soot absorbs heat from the sun.
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