[paulk]

Totally bogus because they think the public doesn’t know any physics. Yes, black does absorb more radiation due to black’s higher emissivity, but due to the same emissivity, black also radiates more – sending atmospheric heat back out into space. (This is the same reason heatsinks are black – it helps them radiate heat)

[Eala]

That would be true in a vacuum, but in the atmosphere you've got conductivity to deal with.

[RightWhale]

There is a change of frequency before and after. The lower frequency emitted is absorbed and held by the atmosphere much better than the higher frequency as absorbed.

[AdmSmith]

That is right, but then the temp of the soot particles are higher.

However, the main reason for the climate change is due to the variation of the behavior of sun, not what we humans do or not do.