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ArticleNature communications2025

Black carbon emissions generally underestimated in the global south as revealed by globally distributed measurements.

Yuxuan Ren, Christopher R Oxford, Dandan Zhang, Xuan Liu, Haihui Zhu, Ann M Dillner, Warren H White, Rajan K Chakrabarty, Sina Hasheminassab, David J Diner and 32 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors.

Yuxuan RenDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. ren.yuxuan@wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6608-9501
Christopher R OxfordDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4799-9141
Dandan ZhangDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3534-7007
Xuan LiuDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Haihui ZhuDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-4259-0277
Ann M DillnerAir Quality Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-754X
Warren H WhiteAir Quality Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Rajan K ChakrabartyDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5753-9937
Sina HasheminassabJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
David J DinerJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Emmie J Le RoyDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-2185
Joshin KumarDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1496-2617
Valerie ViteriDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Keyao SongDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Clement AkoshileDepartment of Physics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Omar Amador-MuñozInstituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Araya AsfawInstitute of Geophysics and Space Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Rachel Ying-Wen ChangDepartment of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Diana FrancisEnvironmental and Geophysical Sciences Lab, Earth Science Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-0006
Paterne GahunguInstitute of Applied Statistics, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3335-4716
Rebecca M GarlandCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-8622
Michel GrutterInstituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9800-5878
Jhoon KimDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-9218
Kristy LangermanDepartment of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-2051
Pei-Chen LeeDepartment of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Puji LestariFaculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
Olga L Mayol-BraceroDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, PR, USA.
Mogesh NaidooCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa.
Narendra NelliEnvironmental and Geophysical Sciences Lab, Earth Science Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0066-6040
Norm O'NeillDépt de géomatique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Sang Seo ParkDepartment of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Abdus SalamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-6828
Bighnaraj SarangiDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, PR, USA.
Yoav SchechnerDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-7037
Robyn SchofieldSchool of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-717X
Sachchida N TripathiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6402-4680
Eli WindwerDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7475-234X
Ming-Tsang WuDepartment of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-7816
Qiang ZhangSchool of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8376-131X
Yinon RudichDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3149-0201
Michael BrauerSchool of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9103-9343
Randall V MartinDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-8402

Funding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC21K0508National Science Foundation (NSF) 2020673United States Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NA230AR4310464
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Characterizing black carbon (BC) on a fine scale globally is essential for understanding its climate and health impacts. However, sparse BC mass measurements in different parts of the world and coarse model resolution have inhibited evaluation of global BC emission inventories. Here, we apply globally distributed BC mass measurements from the Surface Particulate Matter Network (SPARTAN) and complementary measurement networks to evaluate contemporary BC emission inventories. We use a global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) in its high-performance configuration (GCHP) for high-resolution simulations to relate BC emissions to ambient concentrations for comparison with measurements. Here we find that simulations using the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) emission inventory exhibit skill (r

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