Sustainable Approach to Mitigation of CO2 Emission

• Authors: Zhu Xiaoping , Stanisław Baran , Wojciech Cel , Yucheng Cao
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The discussion about greenhouse gases emission mitigation focuses on the reduction of fossil fuels usage, which is extremely costly from the economic and social viewpoint. The analyses of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in the environment showed that intensifying natural photosynthesis and respiration process may significantly contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gases emission. It has been proven that the intensity of photosynthesis in land ecosystems could compensate for the increase of CO2 emission from anthropological sources.

Keywords

EN

greenhouse effect; CO2 emission; CH4 emission

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 617-622

Dates

online

2 - 2 - 2015

Contributors

author

Zhu Xiaoping

• Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, United States

author

Stanisław Baran

• Faculty of Agrobioengineering, Natural Sciences University, ul. Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland

author

Wojciech Cel

• Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland, phone [phone], fax [phone]

author

Yucheng Cao

• School of Environmental and Recourse Science, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eces-2014-0044