Analyzing the efficacy of subtropical urban forests in offsetting carbon emissions from cities

Urban forest management and policies have been promoted as a tool to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. This study used existing CO₂ reduction measures from subtropical Miami-Dade and Gainesville, USA and modeled carbon storage and sequestration by trees to analyze policies that use urban forests to offset carbon emissions. Field data were analyzed, modeled, and spatially analyzed to compare CO₂ sequestered by managing urban forests to equivalent amounts of CO₂ emitted in both urban areas. Urban forests in Gainesville have greater tree density, store more carbon and present lower per-tree sequestration rates than Miami-Dade as a result of environmental conditions and urbanization patterns. Areas characterized by natural pine-oak forests, mangroves, and stands of highly invasive trees were most apt at sequestering CO₂. Results indicate that urban tree sequestration offsets CO₂ emissions and, relative to total city-wide emissions, is moderately effective at 3.4 percent and 1.8 percent in Gainesville and Miami-Dade, respectively. Moreover, converting available non-treed areas into urban forests would not increase overall CO₂ emission reductions substantially. Current CO₂ sequestration by trees was comparable to implemented CO₂ reduction policies. However, long-term objectives, multiple ecosystem services, costs, community needs, and preservation of existing forests should be considered when managing trees for climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services.     

The influence of long term trends in pollutant emissions on deposition of sulphur and nitrogen and exceedance of critical loads in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, as with other European countries, land-based emissions of NO_x and SO₂ have fallen significantly over the last few decades. SO₂ emissions fell from a peak of 3185 Gg S in 1970 to 344 Gg S in 2005 and are forecast by business-as-usual emissions scenarios to fall to 172 Gg by 2020. NO_x emissions were at a maximum of 951 Gg N in 1970 and fell to 378 by 2005 with a further decrease to 243 Gg N forecast by 2020. These large changes in emissions have not been matched by emissions changes for NH₃ which decreased from 315 Gg N in 1990 to 259 in 2005 and are forecast to fall to 222 by 2020. The Fine Resolution Atmospheric Multi-pollutant Exchange model (FRAME) has been applied to model the spatial distribution of sulphur and nitrogen deposition over the United Kingdom during a 15-year time period (1990–2005) and compared with measured deposition of sulphate, nitrate and ammonium from the national monitoring network. Wet deposition of nitrogen and sulphur was found to decrease more slowly than the emissions reductions rate. This is attributed to a number of factors including increases in emissions from international shipping and changing rates of atmospheric oxidation. The modelled time series was extended to a 50-year period from 1970 to 2020. The modelled deposition of SO_x, NO_y and NH_x to the UK was found to fall by 87%, 52% and 25% during this period. The percentage area of sensitive habitats in the United Kingdom for which critical loads are exceeded is estimated to fall from 85% in 1970 to 37% in 2020 for acidic deposition and from 73% to 49% for nutrient nitrogen deposition. The significant reduction in land emissions of SO₂ and NO_x focuses further attention in controlling emissions from international shipping. Future policies to control emissions of ammonia from agriculture will be required to effect further significant reductions in nitrogen deposition.     

市域国土空间格局多维度分解与传导路径

国土空间格局对协调区域保护与开发具有重要保障作用,其基本前提在于厘清国土空间格局内涵并构建科学有效的传导路径。由此提出国土空间格局多维度分解与传导路径研究框架,围绕生态保护、农业生产和城镇建设三个方面开展适宜性评价,基于国土空间潜在冲突识别与调解机制实现国土空间重构,运用区位熵识别优势功能分区,进而构建战略格局,并以东营市为例开展案例研究。研究发现：东营市国土空间适宜性表现为“生态保护重要、农业生产和城镇建设适宜”,潜在冲突以中度为主;国土空间重构包括农业空间、生态空间和城镇空间,地理单元的空间分异和行政单元的面积占比差别明显;优势功能分区包含重要生态功能区、农产品生产区、城市化发展区和弹性发展区,提供了分区分类的差别化管控策略;国土空间保护与开发战略格局包括“一心一屏一廊”的生态保护格局、“一圈两区”的开发利用格局和“两带”的弹性发展格局,树立了可持续国土空间利用的目标引领。研究结果可为新时期国土空间规划编制与实施以及协调区域国土资源有效配置提供有益借鉴。     

温瑞塘河流域水体污染时空分异特征及污染源识别

不同季节主要污染物的空间分布特征及其潜在的污染源分析对水资源管理与污染控制具有重要意义.本研究应用GIS、主成分分析方法对2008-09~2009-10温瑞塘河水的温度、DO、电导率、p H、浊度、NH+4-N、NO-2、NO-3、PO3-4、Si O2-3、H2S、TOC、TN等水质参数进行时空分异特征分析和潜在污染源的识别.结果表明流域内丰水期、平水期、枯水期的典型污染物是TN、NH+4-N、PO3-4,主要来自于工业和生活点源;空间上水质污染程度是三级河道二级河道一级河道,无论几级河道市区的水质都劣于郊区和湿地;时间上水质污染程度是枯水期平水期丰水期;另外河道周边人口密度、土地利用类型及其调水对温瑞塘河的水质产生了不同程度的影响.     

Can further mitigation of ammonia emissions reduce exceedances of particulate matter air quality standards?

Several studies point out the importance of agricultural emissions to particulate matter (PM) concentrations, and particularly of NH₃ emissions to PM_2.5. Our study used three different chemical transport models (CHIMERE, EMEP and LOTOS-EUROS) to quantify the reductions of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ concentrations due to reductions of NH₃ emissions beyond the Gothenburg Protocol (GP), as well as due to the GP alone compared to 2009. Simulations of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ concentrations using 2009 meteorology were undertaken for five emission scenarios: 2009 emissions (as the reference simulation), GP emissions in 2020, and further 10%, 20% and 30% NH₃ emission reductions in EU27 beyond the GP. The modelling results for the scenarios with further 10%, 20% and 30% NH₃ agriculture emission reductions in EU27 beyond the GP show that the reduction achieved in PM concentrations is not linear with the emission reductions. In fact, the results from the study show that the impact of ammonia emissions reduction is significantly more efficient when the emission reduction rises. Moreover, based on the evaluation on 2009, the modelling study shows that the expected impact of ammonia emissions on the formation of particulate ammonium was underestimated by all models. This would imply that the role of ammonia on PM concentration and exceedances of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ limit values is likely to be even larger than quantified in this study. This study shows that the implementation of the emission reductions imposed by the revised GP for 2020 will not suffice to achieve compliance with PM limit values everywhere in Europe; hence further European and local measures may be considered. NH₃ emissions from agriculture can be further reduced with the implementation of proven and feasible measures (substitution of fertilizers, improved storage of manure, way fertilizer injections, etc., …), in order to reduce PM concentrations and their impacts on human health across Europe.     

European scale application of atmospheric reactive nitrogen measurements in a low-cost approach to infer dry deposition fluxes

A European scale network was established in 2006 as part of the NitroEurope Integrated Project to infer reactive nitrogen (Nr) dry deposition fluxes, based on low-cost sampling of gaseous and aerosol species and inferential modelling. The network provides monthly measurements of NH₃, NH₄⁺, HNO₃ and NO₃⁻, as well as SO₂, SO₄²⁻, HCl, Cl⁻ and base cations at 58 sites. Measurements are made with an established low-cost denuder methodology (DELTA) as a basis to: (1) examine temporal trends and spatial patterns across Europe, (2) improve and calibrate inferential modelling techniques to estimate exchange of Nr species, (3) provide best estimates of atmospheric dry N deposition, and (4) permit an analysis of net GHG exchange in relation to atmospheric and agricultural N inputs at the European scale. Responsibility for measurements is shared among seven European laboratories. An inter-comparison of the DELTA implementation by 6 laboratories at 4 test sites (Montelibretti, Italy; Braunschweig, Germany; Paterna, Spain and Auchencorth, UK) from July to October 2006 provided training for the laboratories and showed that good agreement was achieved in different climatic conditions (87% of laboratory site-means within 20% of the inter-laboratory median). Results obtained from the first year of measurements show substantial spatial variability in atmospheric Nr concentrations, illustrating the major local (NH₃) and regional (HNO₃, NO₃⁻, and NH₄⁺) differences in Nr concentrations. These results provide the basis to develop future estimates of site-based Nr dry deposition fluxes across Europe, and highlight the role of NH₃, largely of agricultural origin, which was the largest single constituent and will dominate dry Nr fluxes at most sites.     

成都平原典型区地下水污染时空异质性及污染源分析

成都平原地下水是该地区生活、工农业生产用水的重要来源,但由于长期过量使用化肥,以及畜禽养殖、乡镇企业及生活污废水的无组织排放,已对该区地下水环境构成了威胁.本研究选取成都平原某典型城镇农村区进行不同时季地下水水质监测分析,并联合ArcGIS空间分析技术、相关矩阵分析和主成分分析(PCA),以揭示研究区地下水水质时空异质性、污染影响因素、潜在污染源及污染源时季变化规律.结果表明,研究区"三氮"(NO~-_3、NO~-_2、NH~+_4)、铁(Fe)、锰(Mn)、氯离子(Cl~-)、硫酸根离子(SO■)存在不同程度的超标,其中,氨氮(NH~+_4)超标最为突出;地下水中氨氮含量及"三氮"之间的转化主要受土地利用类型、地下水铁锰分布及含水层氧化还原条件的影响.PCA结果显示,农业活动、生活污水和工业排放是造成研究区地下水污染的主要影响因素,从春季到夏季地下水污染源由生活污染为主转向农业污染为主,冬季地下水污染源以生活和工业源为主.ArcGIS空间分析和PCA分析的结合,有助于探讨地下水水质及潜在污染源的时季变化规律,可为地下水环境保护、污染控制和减缓方案制定提供理论依据.     

河岸植被土壤系统对面源污染的削减和净化研究

具有一定群落结构的河岸植被土壤系统内部具有较大的生物生存空间和相互作用区域,其间生物地球化学联合机制,可以减缓径流,捕获泥沙,截断或去除地表径流、壤中流或渗漏水及浅层地下水中的氮磷等元素。各种污染物的净化效果受系统内部和外部条件影响,主要包括：污染负荷、系统宽度、植被类型、水文地质、土壤条件等因素。     

Spatial variability of urban precipitation chemistry and deposition: Statistical associations between constituents and potential removal processes of precursor species

The precipitation chemistry of Greater Manchester, a Metropolitan County in the northwest of England, has been examined for small scale spatial variability using a network of 18 bulk precipitation collectors. Significant spatial variability was found for concentrations of non-marine SO₄²⁻, NO₃⁻, NH₄⁺, Ca²⁺ and H⁺ ions. The statistical associations between the data were investigated using correlation, partial correlation and principal components analyses. It was found that zero-order correlation coefficients were inadequate for the interpretation of the data and that the computation of first, and higher order partial correlation coefficients was necessary in order to explain the interrelationships between the data and their spatial variability. The statistical associations between the data suggest relationships between Ca²⁺ and non-marine SO₄²⁻, and NO₃⁺ in precipitation which are discussed in terms of their possible precursor species. Potential source effects were examined in conjunction with atmospheric removal processes. The dry deposition of SO₄ particles, rather than the dry deposition of SO₂, may explain the spatial variability of non-marine SO₄²⁻. The erosion of CaSO₄ formed from the reaction of SO₂ with CaCO₃ on urban surfaces with subsequent resuspension is thought to be the basis of the relationship between Ca²⁺ and non-marine SO₄²⁻ concentrations in precipitation. The wet and dry deposition of CaCO₃ particles from local sources may be partially responsible for the spatial variability of H⁺, and dry deposition and scavenging of NH₃, in conjunction with the predominant wind direction may explain the spatial variability of NO₃⁻ and NH₄⁺ ions. Ammonia is thought to originate from sources both outside the study area and within it.     

四川省2012年人为源氨排放清单及分布特征

根据收集到的各类人为氨源的活动水平数据,采用合理的估算方法和排放因子,建立了四川省2012年人为源氨排放清单,并分析了氨排放的空间分布特征.结果表明:四川省2012年人为源氨排放总量为994.8×103t,排放强度为2.12 t·km-2;畜禽养殖为最主要的排放源,分担率达62.31%,其次为氮肥施用,分担率为23.14%;生猪和牛是畜禽养殖中主要贡献者,共占畜禽排放总量的64%;成都市和达州市为氨排放量较大的城市,均占四川省排放总量的10%;空间分布特征显示排放量较大的网格主要集中在四川省东部,且多来自于城市周边区县.     

2006—2018年中国省级以上开发区的空间分布特征变化

以新的国土空间规划语境为背景,基于核密度估计、标准差椭圆法和分类统计对我国2006—2018年省级以上开发区的密度分布特征变化、发展重心轴向的变化和主体功能区视角下的分布变化做了分析。研究表明：该阶段我国省级以上开发区空间分布的东西差距得到一定缓解,仍存在东部连片集聚、西部据点集中的模式差异。开发区分布的总体重心已经向西北方向移动,发展轴向则由原来的南北轴向转向了东南—西北轴向。从主体功能区视角来看,开发区空间分布格局呈现出外围扩散与局部缩减的动态调整。开发区规模的增长主要集中在重点开发区域,缩减主要发生在生态功能区域。这些新变化将为我国国土空间土地利用优化和国土空间管控实践提供重要参考。     

A variable-resolution transport model applied for NHχ in Europe

The statistical atmospheric transport model TREND has been applied for the calculation of concentrations and depositions of ammonia (NH₃) and ammonium (NH₄⁺). The model is capable of describing dispersion, conversion and deposition from both local sources (necessary to obtain good results for NH₃) and from more distant sources (necessary to obtain good results for NH₄⁺). Model results show that in western Europe 44% of the emitted NH₃ from a 1 m high score is dry deposited as NH₃, 6% is wet deposited as the contribution of NH₃ to the wet deposition of NH_x, 14% is dry deposited as NH₄⁺ and 36% is wet deposited as the contribution of NH₄⁺ to the wet deposition of NH_x. The model results agree well with measured NH₃ and NH₄⁺ concentrations—the latter in both aerosol form and precipitation—in The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, the U.K., the F.R.G., Sweden and other parts of Europe. Vertical concentration profiles of NH₃ and NH₄⁺ at Cabauw, The Netherlands are also reproduced well, as well as the diurnal variation of the NH₃ concentration at Elspeetsche Veld, The Netherlands.     

Atmospheric concentrations and deposition of nitrogen and major ions in conifer forests in the United States and Federal Republic of Germany

Emission densities of air pollutants are higher in Europe than in the U.S. as a whole, suggesting similar differences in atmospheric deposition. We determined air concentrations and deposition during the warm season at conifer forests in Tennessee and northern Germany. Our results confirmed major differences in both chemistry and fluxes. Atmospheric and precipitation concentrations of all ions except H⁺ were higher at the German site, most significantly for the nitrogen species. The much higher levels of NH₄⁺ at this site reflect higher emissions of NH₃, which was the species largely responsible for the lower levels of H⁺. Total airborne nitrate was dominated by HNO₃ in Tennessee. In Germany we found comparable amounts of HNO₃ and aerosol NO₃⁻, the concentration of which varied seasonally, apparently in response to agricultural emissions of NH₃ that reacted to form NH₄NO₃. Total deposition of all major ions was much higher at the German site, particularly for the nitrogen species, which exhibited a marked edge effect in throughfall. Dry deposition was determined from air concentrations by using a canopy resistance model and from a statistical model of throughfall fluxes, each of which yielded comparable fluxes for several ions. Dry deposition contributed 10–70% of the ion input and was most important at the German site. Both forest canopies absorbed 40–50% of total deposited nitrogen, primarily from dry deposition.     

北京市内到郊区氮沉降时空变化特征

对北京市区到远郊梯度带上的4个采样点(北京师范大学(BNU)、奥林匹克森林公园(AS)、减河公园(JH)、延庆上辛庄(YQ))降雨和针叶树穿透雨雨量及其化学成分进行了监测,分析了从市中心到远郊的氮沉降时空变化规律.结果表明:梯度带上各点铵态氮(NH+4-N)与硝态氮(NO-3-N)均为5、6月最大,7月开始迅速减小,雨季降雨的稀释作用是主要原因.在空间上,NH+4-N与NO-3-N沉降量大小为BNUJHASYQ,4个样点对应的可溶性无机氮(铵态氮与硝态氮)总沉降量分别为22.6、13.7、12.1、5.42 kg·hm~(-2)a-1(以N计).无机氮沉降以湿沉降为主,4个样点上湿沉降所占比例分别为BNU 72.44%、AS 65.97%、JH 62.78%、YQ 93.86%;沉降成分以铵态氮为主,所占比例分别为BNU56.41%、AS 59.47%、JH 61.21%、YQ 63.33%,从城区到远郊逐次增大.国内外同类研究综合表明,湿沉降中无机氮浓度均是工业区市区郊区远郊区,北京降雨中无机氮浓度相对较高.大多数研究区的城区与郊外大气氮沉降均是以铵态氮为主,与市区交通及生活源氮氧化物排放较高的实际并不一致,其成因与机制尚不明确.     

基于“要素-景观-系统”框架的江苏省长江沿线生态修复格局分析与对策

在当前中国生态文明建设和绿色发展征程中,实施尺度、要素、途径复合的国土空间生态修复是解决区域系统性生态问题的重要途径。针对江苏省长江沿线地区这一生态保护与经济发展矛盾突出区域,基于“要素-景观-系统”框架构建生态修复潜力评价体系,采用K-means聚类分析、Getis-Ord G_i^*热点分析等方法识别生态修复分区与热点,构建由点、线（带）、面组成的生态修复格局,提出生态管控与修复对策。研究结果表明：（1）生态修复具有多尺度性、对象复合性及途径多样性,在宏观、中观、微观尺度下具有不同的对象、目标与途径,并可以通过不同级别与类型规划进行衔接;（2）研究区要素层生态修复潜力平均值为0.460,空间分布呈“大分散、小集聚”的特征,景观层生态修复潜力热点区分布于环长江入海口区域,冷点区分布于扬泰平原区,根据系统层评价指标可将研究区划为5个聚类分区;（3）根据评价结果可以构建“五区、三带、两核心”生态修复总体格局,并在发展导向、空间管控策略、工程措施等方面提出生态修复对策。本文可为江苏省沿江区域生态修复规划编制、生态修复内涵与实施范式探索提供参考借鉴。     

太原地区大气氮湿沉降变化特征

为研究太原地区的大气氮湿沉降时空变化规律,于2016年1月～2017年12月采用雨量器对太原市市中、近郊和远郊三地大气氮湿沉降进行了为期2年的监测。得到市中、近郊、远郊的NO₃^--N平均浓度为12.9、18.4、1.3 mg/L,NH₄⁺-N平均浓度分别为3.6、2.3、1.6 mg/L。季节变化上看,NH₄⁺-N浓度值四季相对平均,春夏季稍高,而NO₃^--N浓度变化较大且冬春季浓度值较高。三个采样点大气氮湿沉降量（无机氮）年均沉降量分别为40.0、48.0、14.2 kg/hm²,以近郊的沉降量最高。市中、近郊、远郊的NH₄⁺-N沉降量分别为9.0、5.0、8.2 kg/hm²,占总无机氮湿沉降量的比重分别为22%、11%、57%,NO₃^--N沉降量分别是31.0、43.0、6.0 kg/hm²,占总无机氮湿沉降量的比重分别为78%、89%、43%。从上可知城市降水中主要以NO₃^--N沉降为主,农村则以NH₄⁺-N沉降为主。结合市中、近郊、远郊NH₄⁺-N/NO₃^--N浓度比值分别为0.54、0.30、1.31,充分表明市中和近郊大气氮湿沉降主要来自工业和交通运输源,远郊则来自农业源。另外,市中、近郊月氮湿沉降量与降雨量差异不显著,远郊则达到极显著水平,说明影响市区两点氮湿沉降的因素较为复杂。由以上数据看出市中和近郊氮污染情况比较严重,应根据各自沉降特点予以控制。     

Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to diffuse pollution in a typical hilly red soil catchment in southern China

Atmospheric nitrogen （hi） deposition is currently high and meanwhile diffuse N pollution is also serious in China. The correlation between N deposition and riverine N export and the contribution of N deposition to riverine N export were investigated in a typical hilly red soil catchment in southern China over a two-year period. N deposition was as high as 26.1 to 55.8 kg N/（ha-yr） across different land uses in the studied catchment, while the riverine N exports ranged from 7.2 to 9.6 kg N/（ha-yr） in the forest sub-catchment and 27.4 to 30.3 kg N/（ha.yr） in the agricultural sub-catchment. The correlations between both wet N deposition and riverine N export and precipitation were highly positive, and so were the correlations between NH-N or NO2-N wet deposition and riverine NH4-N or NO3-N exports except for NH-N in the agricultural sub-catchment, indicating that N deposition contributed to riverine N export. The monthly export coefficients of atmospheric deposited N from land to river in the forest sub-catchment （with a mean of 14%） presented a significant positive correlation With precipitation, while the monthly contributions of atmospheric deposition to riverine N export （with a mean of 18.7% in the agricultural sub-catchment and a mean of 21.0% in the whole catchment） were significantly and negatively correlated with precipitation. The relatively high contribution of N deposition to diffuse N pollution in the catchment suggests that efforts should be done to control anthropogenic reactive N emissions to the atmosphere in hilly red soil regions in southern China.     

长株潭地区人为源氨排放清单及分布特征

根据收集到的长株潭地区各类人为源氨排放的活动水平数据和排放系数,建立了长株潭地区2013年人为源氨排放清单,并根据空间特征数据进行了3 km×3km的空间网格分配.结果表明,长株潭地区2013年人为源氨排放总量为7.27×10~4t,排放强度为2.59 t·km~(-2);其中,畜禽养殖业和农田生态系统为最主要的氨排放源,氨排放分担率分别达58.60%和29.73%;畜禽养殖业中,肉牛、蛋鸡和肉猪是主要贡献源,分别占畜禽养殖业氨排放总量的26.26%、21.40%和18.43%;宁乡县、湘潭县和浏阳市为氨排放量较大的县市,分别占长株潭地区氨排放总量的17.49%、12.82%和12.02%;石峰区和岳塘区的氨排放强度最大,分别达到了9.14 t·km~(-2)和5.01 t·km~(-2).空间分布特征显示排放量较大的网格主要是大型点源.     

太湖湖滨带春季悬浮物沉降特征与水体营养盐响应

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