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Research Significance and Role of Black Carbon in the Global Climate and Environmental Systems(PDF)

《地球科学与环境学报》[ISSN:1672-6561/CN:61-1423/P]

Issue:
2011年第02期
Page:
177-184
Research Field:
资源与环境
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Title:
Research Significance and Role of Black Carbon in the Global Climate and Environmental Systems
Author(s):
CAO Jun-ji1; 2; ZHAN Chang-lin1; 3
1. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xi'an 710075, Shaanxi, China; 2. Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049,Shaanxi, China; 3. Scho
Keywords:
black carbon;  degradation;  global carbon cycle;  organic carbon;  soil;  sediments;  climate change;  fire regime
PACS:
P532
DOI:
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Abstract:
Black carbon(BC)particles emit into the atmosphere during the combustion process, which can directly affect the radiation balance, leading to global warming. BC that deposited in the rivers, lakes, oceans and soils plays an important role in the global biogeochemical cycles. It became a hot topic in the international geoscience research. The definition, emissions, deposition and degradation processes of BC were reviewed, and its important role and research significance in the present and past environment and climate system were summarized. BC is an important component of the inert carbon pool and it was involved in the global slow carbon cycle. Due to its strong adsorption properties, BC exerts positive impact on the regional climate warming. Since it is difficult to degrade, BC can be stored for millions of years, which provides clue for the reconstructions of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment. BC records from marine sediments indicated the evolution of natural fire over the past few million years. BC records from the Late Quaternary loess sections also showed the variation of natural fire. BC records from lacustrines and ice cores over the recent thousand years not only reflected the changes of natural fire, but also implied the signals of human activities. Future research should pay more attentions to standard measurement methods, and then the function of black carbon could be truly understood in the global climate and environment systems.

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