Environmental Synergisms and Extinctions of Tropical Species

Abstract: Environmental synergisms may pose the greatest threat to tropical biodiversity. Using recently updated data sets from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, we evaluated the incidence of perceived threats to all known mammal, bird, and amphibian species in tropical forests. Vulnerable, endangered, and extinct species were collectively far more likely to be imperiled by combinations of threats than expected by chance. Among 45 possible pairwise combinations of 10 different threats, 69%, 93%, and 71% were significantly more frequent than expected for threatened mammals, birds, and amphibians, respectively, even with a stringent Bonferroni‐corrected probability value (p= 0.003). Based on this analysis, we identified five key environmental synergisms in the tropics and speculate on the existence of others. The most important involve interactions between habitat loss or alteration (from agriculture, urban sprawl, infrastructure, or logging) and other anthropogenic disturbances such as hunting, fire, exotic‐species invasions, or pollution. Climatic change and emerging pathogens also can interact with other threats. We assert that environmental synergisms are more likely the norm than the exception for threatened species and ecosystems, can vary markedly in nature among geographic regions and taxa, and may be exceedingly difficult to predict in terms of their ultimate impacts. The perils posed by environmental synergisms highlight the need for a precautionary approach to tropical biodiversity conservation.     

Logging Concessions Can Extend the Conservation Estate for Central African Tropical Forests

Abstract:  The management of tropical forest in timber concessions has been proposed as a solution to prevent further biodiversity loss. The effectiveness of this strategy will likely depend on species-specific, population-level responses to logging. We conducted a survey (749 line transects over 3450 km) in logging concessions (1.2 million ha) in the northern Republic of Congo to examine the impact of logging on large mammal populations, including endangered species such as the elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla ), chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ), and bongo ( Tragelaphus eurycerus ). When we estimated species abundance without consideration of transect characteristics, species abundances in logged and unlogged forests were not different for most species. When we modeled the data with a hurdle model approach, however, analyzing species presence and conditional abundance separately with generalized additive models and then combining them to calculate the mean species abundance, species abundance varied strongly depending on transect characteristics. The mean species abundance was often related to the distance to unlogged forest, which suggests that intact forest serves as source habitat for several species. The mean species abundance responded nonlinearly to logging history, changing over 30 years as the forest recovered from logging. Finally the distance away from roads, natural forest clearings, and villages also determined the abundance of mammals. Our results suggest that logged forest can extend the conservation estate for many of Central Africa's most threatened species if managed appropriately. In addition to limiting hunting, logging concessions must be large, contain patches of unlogged forest, and include forest with different logging histories.     

旋风分离器分离段表状探讨

传统的旋风分离器，由于其分离段形成的内旋气流太混乱，而且剧烈湍动，致使在沉降段已和气体分离的尘粒在分离段中又改变运行方向，重新与气体混在一起，因而除尘效果不理想，为了找到改善分离效果的办法，本文对尘粒的运行过程作数学分析，并对提高除尘效率的旋风分离器分离段形状进行了探讨。     

Shrinking Tropical Forests, Human Agents of Change, and Conservation Policy

Abstract:  Human agents of landscape transformation in the tropics affect forests differently as the forests decline in size. Five agents of change—road builders, corporate concession holders, community forest managers, park advocates, and urban consumers—have different effects on large forests in remote tropical regions than they do on remnant forests in settled agricultural regions. Because forests vary so much in size across tropical regions, these differences in the effects of agents on forests have important implications for regional conservation efforts. To make these implications explicit, I compared the effects of the five agents in regions with large forests with their effects in regions with small forests. The comparisons indicated that, as forests declined in size, new roads no longer destroyed forests, corporate loggers left the forests, community forest managers became more effective, parks became less feasible as a means of conservation, and urban consumers initiated tree planting. My results suggest that awareness about the changing effects of humans on landscapes with shrinking forests can serve as a useful tool in formulating regionally appropriate policies for conserving tropical forests.     

热带海洋大气环境下制动盘防护工艺耐腐蚀性能分析

目的研究汽车制动盘的三种防护工艺在热带海洋大气环境下的耐腐蚀性能。方法针对三种防护工艺的制动盘,在万宁试验站采用户外暴露试验方法开展对比试验。结果某无铬锌铝涂层1防护工艺的制动盘严重生锈,腐蚀程度最严重。某无铬锌铝涂层2和石墨烯防护工艺的制动盘在热带海洋大气环境中发生轻微生锈。结论在热带海洋大气环境下,某无铬锌铝涂层1防护工艺的耐蚀性能最差,某无铬锌铝涂层2和石墨烯防护工艺耐蚀性能良好,具有更好的环境适应性。     

热带气旋灾害等级预评估方法初探

利用1982-2009年期间48个影响青田县的热带气旋全县灾情记录,选用相应过程全县经济损失占当年GDP的比例和死亡人数作为衡量热带气旋影响程度的主要因子,计算了每个历史过程的灾情指数;再以灾情指数为样本,以对应过程的全县过程平均雨量、过程最大雨量、日最大雨量、最大风速为因子,通过多元线性回归建立了回归方程,为热带气旋影响灾害预评估提供一种参考依据。     

中国炭黑工业大气污染控制

本文研究我国目前炭黑工业大气污染控制技术的状况及特点。近十年来，我国炭黑工业大气污染控制技术有了长足的进展，选择合理的工艺过程，采用袋滤器高效净化炭黑烟气，成功地开发了炭黑工业气体余热的回收及利用。为此，我国炭黑工业大气污染控制技术，实现了炭黑微粒和可燃气态污染物的高效净化，炭黑工业气体余热绝大部分得到了回收及利用，余热利用率达６０％以上。我国炭黑工业一跃成为低能耗、有效能高效利用，大气污染物高效净化的清洁生产的化工厂，和生产热力及电力的能源部门。     

A minority group's response to a severe climatic event: a case study of rural Indo-Fijians after Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016

This paper investigates the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Winston (2016) on rural Indo-Fijians and their response to the devastation. Studies have previously examined how rural communities in Pacific Island countries respond to severe climatic events, arguing that traditional knowledge of the climate, together with indigenous techniques, contribute substantially to recovery from a disaster. Strong communal bonds have also been identified as an influencing factor. Disaster risk reduction frameworks often assume the availability of such knowledge and capital. Yet, little research has been done on how minority groups with limited access to such knowledge and capital cope with disaster-related damage. The current study shows that rural Indo-Fijians responded to the consequences of Tropical Cyclone Winston differently to indigenous Fijians, owing to relatively limited access to traditional awareness of the climate, communal labour sharing, and intra- and/or inter-community networks. The findings point to the necessity to implement a more inclusive disaster risk reduction framework.     

不同施肥模式对热区晚稻水田CH4和N2O排放的影响

由于农田温室气体排放的原位观测主要集中于温带和亚热带地区,热带地区农田土壤温室气体的排放往往被忽视.研究不同施肥模式下海南稻田温室气体排放特征对于准确评估我国农田土壤CH_4和N_2O排放及制定相应的减排措施有重要意义.本研究设置5个处理:空白对照(CK)、常规施肥(CON)、优化施肥(YH)、优化施肥与缓控释肥配施(ZYH1)、优化施肥、缓控释肥和有机肥三者配施(ZYH2),采用静态箱-气相色谱法,通过田间小区试验研究晚稻生长季CH_4和N_2O排放动态特征,并估算全球增温潜势(GWP)以及温室气体排放强度(GHGI).结果表明,CK、CON、YH、ZYH1和ZYH2处理的CH_4晚稻生长季累计排放量分别为175. 70、60. 30、63. 00、62. 80和56. 60 kg·hm~(-2),相应处理的N2O晚稻生长季累积排放量分别为0. 78、3. 40、1. 03、1. 44和0. 44 kg·hm~(-2). ZYH2的产量较CK、CON、YH和ZYH1分别提高了29. 69%、11. 81%、6. 74%和10. 36%,GWP较CK、CON、YH和ZYH1分别降低了64. 80%、43. 23%、12. 93%和15. 15%,同时,GHGI分别降低了76. 49%、52. 52%、20. 54%和23. 87%.相关分析结果表明:土壤温度和Eh是驱动CH_4排放变化的主要因素.综合产量及温室气体减排效果而言,优化施肥+羊粪有机肥+缓控释肥处理(ZYH2)是当地值得推广的减肥模式.     

我国的主要气象灾害及其经济损失

自然灾害一直伴随着人类社会的生产、生活与发展,气象灾害尤甚,它们给人类社会造成的经济损失十分巨大。根据中国气象局资料统计,在各类自然灾害中,气象灾害大约占到70%以上。我国每年重大气象灾害影响的人口大约达4亿人次,所造成的经济损失大约占到国民生产总值的1%~3%。近半个世纪以来,发生在我国的重大气象灾害,受灾人口常高达数亿人次,造成的直接经济损失高达数千亿元。为此,对包括热带气旋、干旱、洪涝、低温冷冻和雪灾等我国的主要气象灾害及其经济损失的总体概况,进行了总结和归纳,可作为了解和认识我国气象灾害及其经济与社会影响的参考依据。