<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Carbon dioxide fluxes between ecosystems of the Earth are presented. It was shown that intensifying its absorption of terrestrial ecosystems by 3.2% would prove sufficient to neutralize carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels and cement production. It was shown that Polish forests absorb 84.6 million tons of CO2/year, that is 26% of emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production, while agricultural crops absorb 103 million tons of CO2/year. Total carbon dioxide sequestration by forests and agricultural crops amounts to 187.5 million tons of CO2/year, which is tantamount to 59% of emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production. Forestation of marginal soils would further increase carbon dioxide absorption in Poland by 20.6 million tons of CO2/year. Moreover, if plants were sown in order to produce green manure - instead of leaving soil fallow - sequestration could still be boosted by another 6.2 million tons of CO2/year.</abstract>

Carbon dioxide fluxes between ecosystems of the Earth are presented. It was shown that intensifying its absorption of terrestrial ecosystems by 3.2% would prove sufficient to neutralize carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels and cement production. It was shown that Polish forests absorb 84.6 million tons of CO2/year, that is 26% of emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production, while agricultural crops absorb 103 million tons of CO2/year. Total carbon dioxide sequestration by forests and agricultural crops amounts to 187.5 million tons of CO2/year, which is tantamount to 59% of emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production. Forestation of marginal soils would further increase carbon dioxide absorption in Poland by 20.6 million tons of CO2/year. Moreover, if plants were sown in order to produce green manure - instead of leaving soil fallow - sequestration could still be boosted by another 6.2 million tons of CO2/year.

Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Emissions by Management of Terrestrial Ecosystem

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Carbon dioxide fluxes between ecosystems of the Earth are presented. It was shown that intensifying its absorption of terrestrial ecosystems by 3.2% would...

Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Emissions by Management of Terrestrial Ecosystem

Published Online: Jul 13, 2017

Page range: 213 - 221

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0014

Keywords
climate change, CO2 sequestration, CO2 absorption by terrestrial ecosystems, global CO2 fluxes

© by Artur Pawłowski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Emissions by Management of Terrestrial Ecosystem

Published Online: Jul 13, 2017

Page range: 213 - 221

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0014

Keywordsclimate change, CO2 sequestration, CO2 absorption by terrestrial ecosystems, global CO2 fluxes

© by Artur Pawłowski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
climate change, CO2 sequestration, CO2 absorption by terrestrial ecosystems, global CO2 fluxes