Why we need to talk about this hidden poison gas

Sulfur is everywhere – from foods to the human body, clouds and volcanoes. The colorful element is a main driver of acid rain and also a major pollutant present in coal. So why is no one talking about it?

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Credits:
Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Video Editor: Henning Goll, Nils Reinecke
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Elke Opielka, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Factcheck: Jeannette Cwienk, Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon

Interviewees:
Zeke Hausfather, climate scientist and researcher, Berkeley Earth
Edmond Sanganyado, researcher, Northumbria University

Read More:
Marine fuel regulations and global warming:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-low-sulphur-shipping-rules-are-affecting-global-warming/

Sulfur dioxide hot spots:
Taken from report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) https://energyandcleanair.org/ and Greenpeace India: https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-mena-stateless/a372e5fe-so2-report-english.pdf

Aerosols and clouds:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Aerosols/page4.php

Progress on acid rain:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-019-01244-4

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Sulfur is everywhere
02:28 Dark side
04:47 Acid rain
05:24 Health effects
06:18 Coal and sulfur
07:35 Regulation
09:06 Conclusion

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