水稻品种对稻田甲烷排放的影响

在大田条件下,应用甲烷自动测试系统在水稻生育期内持续测定3个水稻品种的甲烷排放通量。试验结果表明:水稻品种对稻田甲烷排放通量有明显的影响,品种间差异高达2.26倍;根量大的水稻品种,甲烷排放通量高,稻田气泡排放甲烷强度大,土壤水溶液中水溶甲烷浓度也高。试验证明,水稻根系的大小是导致水稻品种间甲烷排放通量差异的主要原因。

Benzene and Toluene Levels Measured with DOAS During Vehicular Restrictions in Beijing

Measurements of atmospheric benzene and toluene were carried out continuously using dif- ferential optical absorption spectroscopy from August 7 to August 28 in Beijing during the period of vehicular restrictions. The correlations between traffic flows and totals of benzene and toluene were studied during the period of vehicular traffic restrictions from August 17 to August 20 and non-traffic restrictions on August 16 and August 21. The correlation coef- ficient was 0.8 between benzene and toluene. And the calculated daily mean value ratios of benzene to toluene were 0.43-0.50. During the period of vehicular restrictions, traffic flows were reduced about 11.8% and the levels of benzene and toluene were reduced by 11.4% and 12.8%, respectively. The vehicle emissions were recognized as the major sources for atmospheric benzene and toluene in Beijing.

Advances in Greenhouse Gases Emission in Farmland Soils

[Objective] The aim was to overview the emission of greenhouse gases in farmland. [Method] Based on domestic and foreign references, production mechanism, discharging characters and major influential factors of CO2, CH4 and N2O in soils of farmland were overviewed. [Result] Production and discharge of CO2, CH. and N2O played an important role in circulation of carbon and nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystem and constituted a key method for carbon and nitrogen output. It is significant to conduct research on reduction of greenhouse gas and increase of absorption. [Conclusion] The research is beneficial for exploration on discharge rule and influential factors of greenhouse gases, providing theoretical references for reduction of greenhouse gases and study on climate change.

Methane Dynamics in Northern Peatlands: A Review

Northern peatlands store a large amount of carbon and play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. Owing to the presence of waterlogged and anaerobic conditions, peatlands are typically a source of methane (CH4), a very potent greenhouse gas. This paper reviews the key mechanisms of peatland CH4 production, consumption and transport and the major environmental and biotic controls on peatland CH4 emissions. The advantages and disadvantages of micrometeorological and chamber methods in measuring CH4 fluxes from northern peatlands are also discussed. The magnitude of CH4 flux varies considerably among peatland types (bogs and fens) and microtopographic locations (hummocks and hollows). Some anthropogenic activities including forestry, peat harvesting and industrial emission of sulphur dioxide can cause a reduction in CH4 release from northern peatlands. Further research should be conducted to investigate the in fluence of plant growth forms on CH4 flux from northern peatlands, determine the water table threshold at which plant production in peatlands enhances CH4 release, and quantify peatland CH4 exchange at plant community level with a higher temporal resolution using automatic chambers.

Greenhouse gas budget for terrestrial ecosystems in China

Terrestrial ecosystems may act as a source or a sink for the atmospheric greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), depending on land use and management. This paper reviews the literature on carbon, CH4, and N2O fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems in China, and analyzes its national greenhouse gas budget. Carbon storage in biomass and soils in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems decreased in the past 300 years, due to deforestation and expansion of cultivated land, and reached a minimum in the late 1970s. Since then, carbon storage has increased at an estimated rate of 0.19 to 0.26 Pg C yr-1, mainly owing to reforestation and afforestation. CH4 emission from natural wetlands decreased from 6.65 Tg CH4 yr-1 in 1990 to 5.71 Tg CH4 yr-1 in 2000 owing to the decrease in wetland area. CH4 emission from flooded rice fields was 7.41 Tg CH4 yr-1. At the same time, aerobic soils took up atmospheric CH4 at a rate of 2.56 Tg CH4 yr-1. Nitrous oxide emission from forestlands, grasslands, and farmlands was positively correlated with precipitation at a national scale, and the emission rate was positively correlated with the CH4 uptake rate of forestlands and grasslands (P<0.01). Natural N2O sources were estimated to be 419 Gg N yr-1 and anthropogenic sources (from farmlands) to be 292 to 476.3 Gg N yr-1, with a mean of 372.6 Gg N yr-1. The integrated budget of greenhouse gasses indicates that Chinese terrestrial ecosystems act as a small net sink for global warming potential (GWP), ranging from 0.04 to 0.32 Pg CO2-eq yr-1, in a striking contrast to terrestrial ecosystems globally, which are a source of 2.75 to 6.78 Pg CO2-eq yr-1. The ratios of anthropogenic to natural sources of CH4 and N2O are much larger in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems than they are in global averages, reflecting greater human disturbance of terrestrial ecosystems in China.