Black Carbon’s Properties and Role in the Environment A Comprehensive Review.docVIP

Sustainability 2010, 2, 294-320; doi:10.3390/su2010294 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Review Black Carbon’s Properties and Role in the Environment: A Comprehensive Review Gyami Shrestha 1,*, Samuel J. Traina 1 and Christopher W. Swanston 2 1 Environmental Systems Program, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California- Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA; E-Mail: straina@ 2 Northern Institute of Applied Carbon Science, Climate, Fire, Carbon Cycle Science Research, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 4