Topsoil organic carbon mineralization and CO2 evolution of three paddy soils from South China and the temperature dependence

Carbon mineralization and its response to climatic warming have been receiving global attention for the last decade. Although the virtual influence of temperature effect is still in great debate, little is known on the mineralization of organic carbon （SOC） of paddy soils of China under warming. SOC mineralization of three major types of China＇s paddy soils is studied through laboratory incubation for 114 d under soil moisture regime of 70% water holding capacity at 20℃ and 25℃ respectively. The carbon that mineralized as CO2 evolved was measured every day in the first 32 d and every two days in the following days. Carbon mineralized during the 114 d incubation ranged from 3.51 to 9.22 mg CO2-C/gC at 20℃ and from 4.24 to 11.35 mg CO2-C/gC at 25℃ respectively; and a mineralizable C pool in the range of 0.24 to 0.59 gC/kg, varying with different soils. The whole course of C mineralization in the 114 d incubation could be divided into three stages of varying rates, representing the three subpools of the total mineralizable C： very actively mineralized C at 1-23 d, actively tnineralized C at 24--74 d and a slowly mineralized pool with low and more or less stabilized C mineralization rate at 75-114 d. The calculated Q10 values ranged from 1.0 to 2.4, varying with the soil types and N status. Neither the total SOC pool nor the labile C pool could account for the total mineralization potential of the soils studied, despite a well correlation of labile C with the shortly and actively mineralized C, which were shown in sensitive response to soil warming. However, the portion of microbial C pool and the soil C/N ratio controlled the C mineralization and the temperature dependence. Therefore, C sequestration may not result in an increase of C mineralization proportionally. The relative control of C bioavailability and microbial metabolic activity on C mineralization with respect to stabilization of sequestered C in the paddy soils of China is to be further studied.     

遭遇欧盟排放新政中国航空业将何去何从

欧盟已于2008年通过法案,自2012年1月1日起正式将所有欧盟和非欧盟航班纳入欧盟温室气体排放交易系统(EU-ETS)。国际航空业对此的反应不一,欧盟此举也对中国航空业产生了重要影响。根据国际能源机构(IEA)统计,全球航空业2008年二氧化碳排放(包括国际航空和国内航空)占总化石燃料二氧化碳排放的2.6%,虽然其比例不高,但航空业却是全球二氧化     

信息动态

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Factors affecting the direct mineralization of CO2 with olivine

Olivine, one of the most abundant minerals existing in nature, is explored as a CO2 carbonation agent for direct carbonation of CO2 in flue gas. Olivine based CO2 capture is thermodynamically favorable and can form a stable carbonate for long-term storage. Experimental results have shown that water vapor plays an important role in improving CO2 carbonation rate and capacities. Other operation conditions including reaction temperature, initial CO2 concentration, residence time corresponding to the flow rate of CO2 gas stream, and water vapor concentration also considerably affect the performance of the technology.     

英国可替代能源及节能

人类正面临着严重的石油短缺,因此正在努力减少化石燃料的使用以抑制温室气体排放所造成的全球变暖趋势。在此紧要关头,风能、太阳能、生物燃料等可替代能源就显示出了重要性。由于目前西欧正逐渐成为世界上人口最稠密的地区之一,这使得西欧在推行替代能源的过程中面临     

德班注定是最后的救命稻草:需要科学发展与环境展望

不看好的德班德班会议将是一场"灾难"。即使对现有的附加件工名单国家,《京都议定书》也不会获得延期,而且也必然不会延伸到其他国家。各国将重回各自为政的局面:增加消耗、加快增长,追求不可持续且可望不可及的发展目标。哥本哈根会议展现了参会代表仍按照200年前工业革命的发展概念来表达观点。坎昆会议,与会者     

给地球降温

目前,全球面临的最大危机是粮食问题,造成这一危机的原因除了各国政府在农业政策方面考虑欠缺外,另外一个主要因素就是全球气候变暖。全球变暖已引起很多灾难的相继发生,面对地球的持续"发烧",我们必须从根本上寻找原因并采取措施给地球"降温",防止危机的到来。     

能碳耗指标约束下的节能减排新政——简评从“能耗”指标向“能碳耗”指标的过渡

2011年政府工作报告明确“十二五”期间节能减排的工作重点为同步控制单位国内生产总值能耗与二氧化碳排放,两个指标的下降幅度分别控制为16％和17％,碳耗降幅比能耗降幅高出一个百分点。那么,此次节能减排新政的用意何在？能耗与碳耗两个指标的区别又在哪儿呢？为何要将单位国内生产总值碳耗的下降幅度设得比能耗更高呢？以及同步设定这两个约束指标的意义又何在？     

电厂二氧化碳捕捉技术对比研究

由于全球温室效应的不断加剧,发展二氧化碳捕捉技术变得十分必要.通过分析燃烧前捕捉、燃烧后捕捉和富氧燃烧捕捉三种二氧化碳捕捉方式流程及其特点,指出三种不同的二氧化碳捕捉技术的发展现状以及应用途径.通过具体对比现有二氧化碳捕捉技术的工作原理以及优缺点,针对现有的几种具体的二氧化碳捕捉技术进行详细的分析,积极应用各种物理、化...     

孙翠华：我国将采取10大措施实现2020年减排目标

国家发改委应对气候变化司副司长孙翠华6月27日在应对气候变化与绿色低碳发展高级别国际研讨会上说,为实现到2020年单位国内生产总值（GDP）二氧化碳排放比2005年下降40％至45％的目标,促进经济社会可持续发展,我国将在10个方面采取措施。