carbon sequestration Articles
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Recovering coal bed methane from deep unmineable coal seams and carbon sequestration
Published data from nearly 2,000 coal samples comprising 250 coal beds from 17 states, representing many of the coal producing horizons in the USA, shows moderate correlation (0.7) between depth and methane content for high volatile coal ranks. Low-volatile rank coals average the highest methane content, 12.74 m?/ton (450 ft?/ton), subbituminous rank coals the lowest, Keywords: CO2 sequestration, ...
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The potential of the ocean for the management of global warming
The ocean represents a potential opportunity to store carbon dioxide from fossil fuel away from the atmosphere. Three carbon sequestration strategies are reviewed and the technical, legal and ethical issues that would follow from their widespread adoption are examined. Each of these strategies could play a significant role in mitigating the carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere. The legal ...
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Ecological assessment of developing carbon sequestration in Shenyang, China
Carbon sequestration in urban ecosystems is becoming an international climate change initiative for sustainable development. Drawing upon field work undertaken in the author's native Shenyang, China, this research reports upon the natural process of carbon sequestration from the atmosphere into urban ecosystems. The risks associated within carbon sequestration in urban ecosystems are investigated ...
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Voluntary carbon market and its contributions to sustainable development: analysis of the Monte Pascoal-Pau Brazil ecological corridor
This paper aims to analyse the co–benefits of reforestation projects developed in the voluntary carbon market based on the analysis of a single case study: the ecological corridor project Monte Pascoal-Pau Brazil, the first forest restoration project in Latin America to receive the seal climate community and biodiversity (CCB). To achieve this purpose, the research combined: i) primary ...
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Sustainable urban agriculture: stocktake and opportunities
This paper reviews research on urban agriculture which relates to the three dimensions of sustainability: social, economic and environmental. We propose that urban agriculture has three elements: urban agriculture in isolation; its interface with the people and environment within which it is situated; and its contribution to the design of built form. Additionally, we consider its scale: micro, ...
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Error analyses in volumetric method for measuring methane and CO
2adsorption on coalCO2 sequestration in deep coal seams with enhanced coalbed methane recovery (CO2–ECBM) is emerging as a promising option to stabilise CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Volumetric method for measuring methane and CO2 adsorption on coal can generate the critical information of the coalbed methane recovery and CO2 storage amount of the target coal seams. In this work, the potential sources of ...
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EPA’s Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel Discusses SAB Comments On Draft Framework For Assessing Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources
On October 12, 2016, EPA convened a public advisory committee teleconference of the Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel. This advisory meeting discussed comments from chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) members from the draft report on EPA’s Framework for Assessing Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. The SAB panel announced plans to overhaul the current draft report to provide ...
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A solution to climate change economics - a carbon swap bank
The original impetus of the Copenhagen Treaty in 2010 to solve the problem of climate change using a carbon emissions trading scheme has hit ground zero. The failure to advance various proposed bills in the USA and Australia has faltered on the role of agriculture, the failure to ensure that high carbon dioxide polluting industries actually alter technologies, the creation of excessive ...
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EU Commission calls for comments on emissions trading revisions
On December 19, 2014, the European Union (EU) Commission called for comments on EU Emission Trading System Directive revisions. The revisions include changes to how carbon allowances will be made available to participants in the EU's emissions trading system after 2020 to reduce GHG emissions by at least 40 percent in 2030 compared to 1990. The 2030 framework for climate and energy also proposes ...
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Impact of sedimentation on wetland carbon sequestration in an agricultural watershed
Received for publication January 9, 2008. Landscape redistribution of soil C is common within agricultural ecosystems. Little is known about the effects of upland sediment deposition on C dynamics within riparian wetlands. To assess sedimentation impact, we obtained profile samples of wetland soil and used the combination of 137Cs, 210Pb, and 14C chronological markers to determine rates of C ...
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Exploratory study of some potential environmental impacts of CO2 sequestration in unmineable coal seams
An initial investigation into the potential environmental impacts of CO2 sequestration in unmineable coal seams has been conducted, focusing on changes in the produced water during enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) production, using a CO2 injection process (CO2-ECBM). A high volatile bituminous coal, Pittsburgh No. 8, was reacted with synthetic produced water and gaseous carbon dioxide at 40C and ...
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Can Ants Help Slow Climate Change?
Ants are mighty little creatures. They inhabit every continent on Earth except Antarctica. They can lift 10 to 50 times their body weight. And now, one new study suggests, they may have the potential to help curb global warming. In “Ants as a Powerful Biotic Agent of Olivine and Plagioclase Dissolution,” Ronald Dorn of Arizona State University studied calcium-magnesium silicate ...
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Carbon annuities and their potential to preserve tropical forests and slow global warming: an application for small-scale farmers
Carbon annuities have been suggested as a means for rewarding landowners for preserving forests and sequestering carbon. Although this is an intuitively appealing approach, the benefits of the sequestration activities have not been compared with the opportunity cost of preserving the forest. This paper represents an initial attempt at analysing how large carbon annuities must be to induce a ...
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Ruling on the "crunch issues" of land use, land-use change and forestry: impacts on project viability
Carbon sequestration in forests is undoubtedly one of the most controversial issues of the Kyoto Protocol. Whilst there is agreement that temporary carbon storage in forests contributes to delaying climate change, there is still much controversy about the rules and procedures that should be implemented to give credits to afforestation and reforestation activities under the Clean Development ...
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Water equivalent method for city phytostructure of Indonesia
This paper proposed a simple method and rapid to carry out for organizing city phytostructure. Carbon dioxide sequestration was addressed and referred to population number instead of city area. The unit storage of carbon dioxide, which was nothing less than greenspace area, was determined using equivalent method of determining unit storage of water. For various population number (P) of city area ...
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Decoding Coconut Processing Waste: Charcoal or Compost
Introduction The residues generated from coconut processing pose a dual challenge - their sheer quantity and the diverse nature of the waste. This article delves into the intricacies of managing coconut processing waste, deciphering the merits of charcoal production and composting as sustainable solutions. Characteristics of Coconut Processing Waste Biomass Composition and Variability Coconut ...
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National implementation of carbon capture and storage: The case of Germany
As Germany is – and will remain for the immediate future – dependent on coal for generating power and ensuring energy supply, the German Government and various representatives from the private sector are currently assessing and promoting so called “Clean Coal” technologies, such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Scientific research and industrial pilot projects for capturing and storing carbon ...
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Unconventional coal reservoir for CO
2safe geological sequestrationThe energy dependency is one of the major problems the international community faces nowadays and governments are being encouraged to develop strategies in different fields in order to reduce their external dependency. Additionally, the European Commission sustainable energy plan is engaged into reducing greenhouse gases effect to promote sustainable environment. It is not yet possible to ...
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Carbon Sequestration: Addressing Climate Change and Food Security through Sustainable Agriculture
Introduction To meet the demands of a growing, increasingly urban global population (approximately 9 billion by 2050), the World Bank calculates that global food production must increase by 70% in the next 35 years. This is a great challenge not only because of the volume of food that must be produced, but because agricultural conditions will not remain constant or predicable in the years to ...
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Biochar Carbon Credits in Climate Change Mitigation
As the world faces the challenges of climate change, innovative approaches are being explored to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable practices. Biochar, a carbon-rich charcoal-like substance derived from biomass pyrolysis, has emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against climate change. Not only does biochar enhance soil fertility and agricultural productivity, but it ...
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