scholarly journals Global carbon emissions from biomass burning in the 20th century

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Mouillot ◽  
Ajay Narasimha ◽  
Yves Balkanski ◽  
Jean-François Lamarque ◽  
Christopher B. Field
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Biomass Burning ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Global Carbon

scholarly journals Effects of vegetation zones and climatic changes on fire-induced atmospheric carbon emissions: a model based on paleodata

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Bremond ◽  
Christopher Carcaillet ◽  
Charly Favier ◽  
Adam A. Ali ◽  
Cédric Paitre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Burning ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Original Method ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Carbon Release ◽  
Boreal Shield ◽  
Global Carbon

An original method is proposed for estimating past carbon emissions from fires in order to understand long-term changes in the biomass burning that, together with vegetation cover, act on the global carbon cycle and climate. The past carbon release resulting from paleo-fires during the Holocene is examined using a simple linear model between measured carbon emissions from modern fires and sedimentary charcoal records of biomass burning within boreal and cold temperate forests in eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario). Direct carbon emissions are estimated for each ecozone for the present period and the fire anomaly per kilo annum (ka) v. present day (0 ka) deduced from charcoal series of 46 lakes and peats. Over the postglacial, the Taiga Shield ecozone does not match the pattern of fire history and carbon release of Boreal Shield, Atlantic Maritime, and Mixedwood Plains ecozones. This feature results from different air mass influences and the timing of vegetation dynamics. Our estimations show, first, that the contribution of the Mixedwood Plains and the Atlantic Maritime ecozones on the total carbon emissions by fires remains negligible compared with the Boreal Shield. Second, the Taiga Shield plays a key role by maintaining important carbon emissions, given it is today a lower contributor.

scholarly journals Consumption-Based Accounting and the Trade-Carbon Emissions Nexus in Asia: A Heterogeneous, Common Factor Panel Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brantley Liddle
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Domestic Use ◽  
Global Carbon

This paper considers a recently developed consumption-based carbon emissions database from which emissions calculations are made based on the domestic use of fossil fuels plus the embodied emissions from imports minus exports, to test directly for the importance of trade in national emissions. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) alone is responsible for over half the global outflows of carbon via trade. The econometric estimations—which focused on a panel of 20 Asian countries—determined that: (i) trade flows were significant for consumption-based emissions but not for territory-based emissions; and (ii) exports and imports offset each other in that exports lower consumption-based emissions, whereas imports increase them. Hence, all countries should have both an interest and a responsibility to help lower the carbon intensity of energy in countries that are particularly important for global carbon transfers—the PRC and India.

scholarly journals Black carbon variability since preindustrial times in Eastern part of Europe reconstructed from Mt Elbrus, Caucasus ice cores

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saehee Lim ◽  
Xavier Faïn ◽  
Patrick Ginot ◽  
Vladimir Mikhalenko ◽  
Stanislav Kutuzov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Carbon ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Biomass Burning ◽  
Mass Concentration ◽  
Ice Core ◽  
Ice Cores ◽  
Anthropogenic Emissions ◽  
Ice Core Record ◽  
Summer Time ◽  
Mass Concentrations

Abstract. Black carbon (BC), emitted by fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning, is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (Bond et al., 2013). However, limited information exists on its past emissions and atmospheric variability. In this study, we present the first high-resolution record of refractory BC (rBC, including mass concentration and size) reconstructed from ice cores drilled at a high-altitude Eastern European site in Mt. Elbrus (ELB), Caucasus (5115 m a.s.l.). The ELB ice core record, covering the period 1825–2013, reflects the atmospheric load of rBC particles at the ELB site transported from the European continent with a larger rBC input from sources located in the Eastern part of Europe. In the first half of the 20th century, European anthropogenic emissions resulted in a 1.5-fold increase in the ice core rBC mass concentrations as respect to its level in the preindustrial era (before 1850). The rBC mass concentrations increased by a 5-fold in 1960–1980, followed by a decrease until ~ 2000. Over the last decade, the rBC signal for summer time slightly increased. We have compared the signal with the atmospheric BC load simulated using past BC emissions (ACCMIP and MACCity inventories) and taken into account the contribution of different geographical region to rBC distribution and deposition at the ELB site. Interestingly, the observed rBC variability in the ELB ice core record since the 1960s is not in perfect agreement with the simulated atmospheric BC load. Similar features between the ice core rBC record and the best scenarios for the atmospheric BC load support that anthropogenic BC increase in the 20th century is reflected in the ELB ice core record. However, the peak in BC mass concentration observed in ~ 1970 in the ice core is estimated to occur a decade later from past inventories. BC emission inventories for the period 1960s–1970s may be underestimating European anthropogenic emissions. Furthermore, for summer time snow layers of the last 2000s, the slightly increasing trend of rBC deposition likely reflects recent changes in anthropogenic and biomass burning BC emissions in the Eastern part of Europe. Our study highlights that the past changes in BC emissions of Eastern Europe need to be considered in assessing on-going air quality regulation.

scholarly journals Seasonality of carbon emissions from biomass burning in a Zambian savanna

1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (D11) ◽  
pp. 13841-13853 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Hoffa ◽  
D. E. Ward ◽  
W. M. Hao ◽  
R. A. Susott ◽  
R. H. Wakimoto
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Burning ◽  
Carbon Emissions

Scenario analysis on the global carbon emissions reduction goal proposed in the declaration of the 2009 G8 Summit

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 1694-1702 ◽  
Author(s):  
JingYun Fang ◽  
ShaoPeng Wang ◽  
Chao Yue ◽  
JiangLing Zhu ◽  
ZhaoDi Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emissions Reduction ◽  
Global Carbon
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