Essays about: "Carbon sink"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 91 essays containing the words Carbon sink.

  1. 21. Vegetation cover change on Tindfjöll mountains, Iceland, assessed by aerial photographs, topography, and climate

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Environmental changes; High Latitudes; Physical Geography; Ecosystem sciences; GIS; Climate Change; Vegetation change; Vegetation cover; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir Climate change is having a great impact on the fragile High Latitude environment where warming is occurring at a rate at least double the global average. It is urgent to understand the relationship between climate and vegetation cover, which is playing an important role, as a carbon sink, for biodiversity, and for protecting against natural hazards. READ MORE

  3. 22. Assessment of biochar potential as a land-based emission mitigation measure in Colombia

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Eileen Jimena Torres Morales; [2022]
    Keywords : agriculture; biochar; climate change mitigation; carbon sink; Colombia; land-based mitigation technologies LMT ; nature-based solutions NBS ; PESTEL Political; Economic; Social; Technological; Environmental Legal ; pyrolysis; residual biomass; soil adaptation; techno-economic analysis.; jordbruk; biokol; begränsningar av klimatförändringar; kolsänka; Colombia; land-baserad begränsningsteknik; Naturbaserade lösningar NBS ; PESTEL Political; Economic; Social; Technological; Environmental Legal ; pyrolys; restbiomassa; jordförbättring; Teknisk-ekonomisk analys;

    Abstract : There is an urgent need to mitigate carbon emissions to the atmosphere to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Countries have pledged national strategies to reach their climate change mitigation goals in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). In the case of Colombia, the country envisions becoming carbon neutral by 2050. READ MORE

  4. 23. Växthusgasflöden från restaurerad torvmark : en jämförelse mellan en restaurerad torvtäkt och en orörd myr i Store Mosse nationalpark 7 år efter återvätning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Karin Halldin; [2022]
    Keywords : vitmossa; sphagnum; vattennivå; marktemperatur; vegetation; PAR; kammarmätningar; högupplösta mätningar; kolsänka;

    Abstract : Den globala uppvärmningen ökar. För att dämpa denna ökning behöver världens växthusgasutsläpp minska. När torvmarker dikas ut för industrier går de från att vara kolsänkor till att vara kolkällor. För att få tillbaka torvmarkers funktion som kolsänka restaureras dem, främst genom återvätning. READ MORE

  5. 24. Carbon negative textiles issued from marine materials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Gianluca Managò; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Marine materials are a potential new raw source for the production of organic and vegan leather and cushioning materials. Being a carbon sink, seaweed and marine plants like seagrass and seaweed farming activity could have a crucial role in the current environmental crisis for the absorption of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. READ MORE

  6. 25. Swedish Blue Carbon Assets in Coastal Vegetated Ecosystems - A Compilation of Current Knowledge

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för marina vetenskaper

    Author : Ena Fee Briesemeister; [2021-09-20]
    Keywords : Blue carbon sink; coastal vegetated ecosystems; seagrass meadows; carbon assets;

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