Professor Jurgita Ovadnevaite, deputy director of the Ryan Institute Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies at University of Galway (IMAGE)

University of Galway

Professor Jurgita Ovadnevaite, deputy director of the Ryan Institute Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies at University of Galway

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Professor Jurgita Ovadnevaite, deputy director of the Ryan Institute Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies at University of Galway, demonstrates the emission of climate driver black carbon from household firelighters as new research by an international team of scientists reveal it is a hidden culprit in climate change.

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