noun
black carbon
Technical term used in environmental science and atmospheric chemistry to refer to carbonaceous particulate matter produced by incomplete combustion.
黒色炭素は大気中の微粒子の一種で、気候変動に影響を与える。
Black carbon is a type of atmospheric particulate matter that affects climate change.
Compound of 黒色 (kokushoku, 'black color') and 炭素 (tanso, 'carbon'), directly translating the English term 'black carbon'.