Sustainable Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Emissions

Wojciech Cel


Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin (Poland)

Aneta Czechowska-Kosacka


Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin (Poland)

Tao Zhang


Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193 (Poland)


Abstract

The emission and absorption fluxes of CO2 and CH4 in the environment have been characterized. It has been pointed out that the anthropogenic emission of CO2 amounts only to 3% of emissions from the natural sources. It has been also noted that increasing CO2 absorption of terrestrial ecosystems by 3% could inhibit the increase of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. This means that mitigation of global warming by intensifying natural processes is a more sustainable solution than performing expensive changes in energy policy. Lowering the emission of methane, on the other hand, can be accomplished by utilizing fodder additives for ruminants and the process of microbiological methane oxidation in covering soil layers or biofilters.


Keywords:

greenhouse gases, CO2 emissions, sustainable development

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2016-01-04

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Cel, W., Czechowska-Kosacka, A., & Zhang, T. (2016). Sustainable Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Emissions. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 11(1), 173–176. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4972

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Wojciech Cel 

Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin Poland

Authors

Aneta Czechowska-Kosacka 

Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin Poland

Authors

Tao Zhang 

Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193 Poland

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