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Publish date: April 28, 2014
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Contributors to the report were scientists from the University of Western Australia and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. Seven regions and more than 1000 sites were selected according to soil type, land use and climate scenarios. The assessment of the potential for CO2 storage is considered crucial for determining which agricultural regions can be used to help mitigate increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
The initial data were taken from soil depths of 0-30 centimetres and models were used to assess how the different depths could store CO2. Whereas it was found that the top 10 centimetres were relatively saturated, the soil below, however, showed an additional storage capacity of 5-45%. It was also found that the gap between actual and attainable organic carbon stock values decreases as rainfall increases.
The complete report can be downloaded here.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.