Influence of Methodology and Assumptions on Reported National Carbon Flux Inventories: An Illustration from the Canadian Forest Sector

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has developed guidelines to standardize the international reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals by signatory nations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. With regard to forest sector carbon fluxes, the IPCC guidelines require only that those fluxes directly associated with human activities (i.e., harvesting and land-use change) be reported. In Canada, the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS2) has been used to assess carbon fluxes from the entire forest sector. This model accounts for carbon fluxes associated with both anthropogenic and natural disturbances, such as wild fires and insects. We combined model results for the period 1985 to 1989 with additional data to compile seven different national carbon flux inventories for the forest sector. These inventories incorporate different system components under a variety of seemingly plausible assumptions, some of which are encouraged refinements to the default flux inventory described in the IPCC guidelines. The resulting estimated net carbon fluxes varied from a net removal of 185,000 kt carbon per year of the inventory period to a netemission of 89,000 kt carbon per year. Following the default procedures in the IPCC guidelines, while using the best available national data, produced an inventory with a net removal of atmospheric carbon. Adding the effect of natural disturbances to that inventory reversed the sign of the net flux resulting in a substantial emission. Including the carbon fluxes associated with root biomass in the first inventory increased the magnitude of the estimated net removal. The variability of these results emphasizes the need for a systems approach in constructing a flux inventory. We argue that the choice of which fluxes to include in the inventory should be based on the importance of these fluxes to the overall carbon budget and not on the perceived ease with which flux estimates can be obtained. The results of this analysis also illustrate two specific points. Even those Canadian forests which are most free from direct human interactions—forests in which no commercial harvesting occurs—are not in equilibrium, and their contribution to national carbon fluxes should be included in the reported flux inventory. Moreover, those forest areas that are subject to direct management are still substantially impacted by natural disturbances. The critical effect of inventory methodology and assumptions on inventory results has important ramifications for efforts to “monitor” and “verify” programs aimed at mitigating global carbon emissions.     

关于农业污染纠纷综合处理的思考

揭示了农业污染纠纷的内涵,提出了处理农业污染纠纷的４个“支撑点”,即运用农业技术先行界定,运用监测数据科学鉴证;运用因果关系逻辑推定,强化环境管理,疏通综合处理渠道等。     

A routine method for storing lymphocytes for repeated isolation of DNA

A protocol for easy storage and later expansion of lymphocyte populations is given. Compared with methods using transformed cell lines, the method has a number of advantages for repeated production of cells for the isolation of DNA in amounts sufficient for use in diagnostic DNA technology.     

基于文献计量的PPP研究趋势与热点分析

近年来,我国在能源、农业、交通运输、市政工程、生态建设和环境保护等领域广泛使用政府和社会资本合作(PPP)模式开展建设和运营。为客观地掌握国内外PPP的研究现状,明确当前的研究前沿与热点问题,笔者基于Web of Science核心合集中的SCI和SSCI数据库,采用文献计量工具Histcite Pro对当前国内外PPP研究工作进行了系统的计量学分析与评价。研究结果表明:PPP研究最早开始于1952年,且从1993年开始文献呈现增加趋势;美国、中国和英国在该领域发表文献最多,且国际上具有较强影响力的单位主要集中在美国境内,我国研究实力较强的有香港理工大学、香港大学、清华大学等;基础设施建设、中国PPP项目、风险、绩效、疾病、药物研发、金融、可持续、公共卫生等是该领域的研究热点。