Issues and challenges for forest-based carbon-offset projects: A case study of the Noel Kempff climate action project in Bolivia

The Noel Kempff Climate Action Project in Bolivia, nowin its third year, is breaking ground to establishcredible and verifiable methods to quantify greenhousegas (GHG) benefits of land-use change and forestry (LUCF)projects. Developed under the United Nations FrameworkConvention Climate Change (FCCC) Activities ImplementedJointly pilot phase, the project conserves naturalforests that would otherwise have been subjected tocontinued logging and future agricultural conversion.Carbon (C) monitoring began with a C inventory of theproject area in 1997. The total amount of C in theproject area was 118 Tg (Tg = 10¹²g) ± 4%(95% confidence interval). Periodic monitoring ofrelevant C pools (occurring in 1999 and every 5 yrthereafter) occurs over the 30-year life of theproject to establish the difference between thewith-project and projected without-project scenarios. Permanent sample plots were established both insidethe project area to monitor changes in C pools overtime and in a proxy logging concession near theproject area to determine changes in C pools inforests that have been impacted by logging. Ground-based monitoring is complemented by datacollection on forest industry trends and land-usechange patterns. Remote sensing was used to developa vegetation stratification map of the area, and workis ongoing to investigate the potential application ofdual-camera aerial videography to improve theefficiency of monitoring over time.     

广东省人为源BC、OC排放清单建立与校验

根据收集的人为源活动水平数据和最新的排放因子,采用"自下而上"和"自上而下"相结合的排放因子法建立了广东省2012年人为源BC、OC排放清单.结果显示,2012年广东省人为源BC、OC排放量分别为53.5×103、78.8×103t.BC排放主要来自道路移动源和生物质燃烧源,贡献率分别为30.1%和29.4%,生物质燃烧源和餐饮源是主要的OC排放贡献源,贡献率分别为48.5%和16.9%.建立的BC、OC排放源清单仍然具有较大的不确定性,分别为-66%~154%和-63%~126%.其中,道路移动源和生物质燃烧源是主要的不确定贡献源,餐饮源和扬尘源次之,不确定性主要来自由质量分数间接得到的BC和OC排放因子.最后,采用清单结果横向比较法和基于环境监测浓度结果对比法2种方法对本研究的结果进行了校验,结果表明,本研究清单结果基本合理.建议统一不同排放源成分谱的建立方法,加强排放源颗粒物测试,并重视清单结果校验的研究以降低不确定性,从而改进BC、OC排放源清单.     

旅游踩踏对土壤微生物生物量碳、氮、磷的影响

为了探明旅游活动对张家界国家森林公园土壤微生物活性及多样性的影响,保护土壤生态平衡及合理开发自然保护区提供理论依据,进行了旅游踩踏对土壤微生物生物量碳、氮、磷的影响研究.结果表明,在所设的3个试验区中,0～5cm土壤层的微生物生物量碳、磷受到旅游踩踏的影响最严重,5～15cm土壤层的微生物生物量碳、磷受到旅游踩踏的影响较严重,而15～25cm土壤层的微生物生物量碳、磷受到旅游踩踏的影响最轻,旅游踩踏对所设3个试验区中3个层次土壤的微生物生物量碳、磷的影响均达到了显著水平(p＜0.05).从旅游踩踏对3个土壤层的微生物生物量氮的影响程度来看,0～5cm土壤层的微生物生物量氮受到的影响最严重,5～15cm土壤层的微生物生物量氮受到的影响较严重,而15～25cm土壤层的微生物生物量氮受到的影响最轻,背景区与缓冲区15～25cm土壤层的微生物生物量氮差异没有达到显著水平.说明张家界国家森林公园土壤微生物遭到了旅游踩踏的破坏,抵御外界干扰的能力已受到了旅游踩踏的破坏.     

城镇污水处理厂碳排放现状及减污降碳协同增效路径探讨

污水处理行业是全球十大温室气体排放行业之一,其碳排放量占全球碳排放总量的2%~3%,且仍呈逐年增长的趋势,因此开展污水处理行业碳减排并实现减污降碳协同增效是实现我国“双碳”目标的必经之路。系统分析了我国污水处理厂碳排放状况,结果表明：生化池产生的CO₂是导致直接碳排放的关键,且生化池的好氧区直接碳排放量最大;由电耗和药耗产生的间接碳排放在总碳排放量中占比较大,是污水处理厂碳减排的关键环节;在污泥处理处置过程中,采取厌氧消化+沼气发电方式时温室气体排放量较少。指出了当前我国污水处理行业碳减排面临的问题,主要包括碳排放核算不精准、碳减排技术研发与应用仍处在起步阶段、顶层设计及管理水平薄弱。在此基础上,提出了适用于我国污水处理厂减污降碳协同增效的路径方案,指出污水处理厂碳减排需多处着力,在碳排放量精确核算的基础上,加强污水处理行业节能降耗、减碳、替碳、固碳技术的研发与应用及多维度控碳方案设计,构建以技术创新为行动力、政策支持为推动力的碳减排总体框架,形成污水处理厂碳减排的闭环,助力我国污水处理厂低碳化发展。

     

好氧段碳源浓度对同步去除和富集磷酸盐生物膜的影响

利用聚磷菌以循环交替O/A模式运行,对生活污水处理厂的主流工艺中实现磷酸盐的同步去除和富集,探究了好氧段碳源浓度对聚磷生物膜去除和富集磷酸盐性能以及生物膜中微生物种群结构的影响.结果表明,好氧COD质量浓度从200 mg·L~(-1)降低到0 mg·L~(-1),吸磷速率提升1. 29倍,出水磷质量浓度稳定在0. 5 mg·L~(-1)以下;释磷速率提升3. 56倍,富集液磷酸盐质量浓度从27. 125 mg·L~(-1)升高到55. 91 mg·L~(-1).微生物群落变化中,鉴定为聚磷菌的变形菌门(Proteobacteria)的含量增加约2倍,红环菌科(Rhodocyclaceae)和厌氧绳菌科(Anaerolineaceae)的富集效果分别提高了2. 28和5倍.降低好氧段碳源浓度,有利于聚磷菌的筛选和富集,强化了好氧段磷酸盐的去除以及厌氧段磷酸盐的释放,获得了更高的磷酸盐富集液,并且为以资源回收为目的的未来城市污水处理厂提供降低好氧段碳源需求的理论基础.     

京津冀区域PM2.5中碳组分污染特征研究

为了解京津冀区域PM_(2.5)中碳组分污染特征,于2015年7月和10月及2016年1月和4月在北京、天津、保定、石家庄、沧州5个城市同步采集PM_(2.5)样品,采用热/光分析法分析样品中有机碳(OC)和元素碳(EC),使用OC/EC最小比值法估算二次有机碳(SOC).结果表明:京津冀区域主要城市OC、EC和SOC的年均浓度分别为12.9~28.5、4.1~7.9和3.3~10.4μg·m~(-3),OC/EC和SOC/OC的比值分别为2.4~3.0和0.26~0.32.OC和EC的浓度呈现保定石家庄沧州天津北京的空间分布特点和夏季春季秋季冬季的季节变化特点.OC/EC的比值及OC和EC的相关性在夏季最低,冬季最高,这可能与京津冀区域冬季采暖燃煤有关,冬季不利的气象条件也加剧了碳质气溶胶污染.冬季较高的SOC浓度主要与低温、气态前体物的增加以及频繁出现的逆温、小风和混合层高度降低等不利气象条件有关.京津冀区域碳质气溶胶的污染特征具有空间相似性.     

微藻对海水养殖循环水高效碳氮磷一体化去除的研究

海水养殖循环水高盐分和波动的低碳氮比造成水处理困难和亚硝酸盐累积,影响循环水处理利用,其排放造成受纳海域生态环境破坏.本研究采用混合营养型钝顶螺旋藻结合膜光合反应器(MPBR)考察碳氮比对海水养殖循环水碳、氮、磷一体化去除效率及藻生物质产量的影响.结果 表明,在原水碳氮比为5时,钝顶螺旋藻可实现碳、氮、磷高效一体化去除...     

Elevated atmospheric CO2 and drought effects on leaf gas exchange properties of barley

Atmospheric CO₂ concentration (C_a) is rising, predicted to cause global warming, and alter precipitation patterns. During 1994, spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Alexis) was grown in a strip-split-plot experimental design to determine the effects that the main plot C_a treatments [A: Ambient at 370 μmol (CO₂) mol⁻¹; E: Enriched with free-air CO₂ enrichment (FACE) at ∼550 μmol (CO₂) mol⁻¹] had on several gas exchange properties of fully expanded sunlit primary leaves. The interacting strip-split-plot irrigation treatments were Dry or Wet [50% (D) or 100% (W) replacement of potential evapotranspiration] at ample nitrogen (261 kg N ha⁻¹) and phosphorous (29 kg P ha⁻¹) fertility. Elevated C_a facilitated drought avoidance by reducing stomatal conductance (g_s) by 34% that conserved water and enabled stomata to remain open for a longer period into a drought. This resulted in a 28% reduction in drought-induced midafternoon depression in net assimilation rate (A). Elevated C_a increased A by 37% under Dry and 23% under Wet. Any reduction in A under Wet conditions occurred because of nonstomatal limitations, whereas under Dry it occurred because of stomatal limitations. Elevated C_a increased the diurnal integral of A (A′) that resulted in an increase in the seasonal-long integral of A′ (A″) for barley leaves by 12% (P = 0.14) under both Dry and Wet - 650, 730, 905 and 1020 ± 65 g (C) m⁻² y⁻¹ for AD, ED, AW and EW treatments, respectively. Elevated C_a increased season-long average dry weight (DW_S; crown, shoots) by 14% (P = 0.02), whereas deficit irrigation reduced DW_S by 7% (P = 0.06), although these values may have been affected by a short but severe pea aphid [Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)] infestation. Hence, an elevated-C_a-based improvement in gas exchange properties enhanced growth of a barley crop.