Reduction of soil carbon formation by tropospheric ozone under increased carbon dioxide levels

In the Northern Hemisphere, ozone levels in the troposphere have increased by 35 per cent over the past century, with detrimental impacts on forest and agricultural productivity, even when forest productivity has been stimulated by increased carbon dioxide levels. In addition to reducing productivity, increased tropospheric ozone levels could alter terrestrial carbon cycling by lowering the quantity and quality of carbon inputs to soils. However, the influence of elevated ozone levels on soil carbon formation and decomposition are unknown. Here we examine the effects of elevated ozone levels on the formation rates of total and decay-resistant acid-insoluble soil carbon under conditions of elevated carbon dioxide levels in experimental aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands and mixed aspen-birch (Betula papyrifera) stands. With ambient concentrations of ozone and carbon dioxide both raised by 50 per cent, we find that the formation rates of total and acid-insoluble soil carbon are reduced by 50 per cent relative to the amounts entering the soil when the forests were exposed to increased carbon dioxide alone. Our results suggest that, in a world with elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, global-scale reductions in plant productivity due to elevated ozone levels will also lower soil carbon formation rates significantly.     

Arabian Sea tropical cyclones intensified by emissions of black carbon and other aerosols

Throughout the year, average sea surface temperatures in the Arabian Sea are warm enough to support the development of tropical cyclones, but the atmospheric monsoon circulation and associated strong vertical wind shear limits cyclone development and intensification, only permitting a pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period for cyclogenesis. Thus a recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones over the northern Indian Ocean is thought to be related to the weakening of the climatological vertical wind shear. At the same time, anthropogenic emissions of aerosols have increased sixfold since the 1930s, leading to a weakening of the southwesterly lower-level and easterly upper-level winds that define the monsoonal circulation over the Arabian Sea. In principle, this aerosol-driven circulation modification could affect tropical cyclone intensity over the Arabian Sea, but so far no such linkage has been shown. Here we report an increase in the intensity of pre-monsoon Arabian Sea tropical cyclones during the period 1979-2010, and show that this change in storm strength is a consequence of a simultaneous upward trend in anthropogenic black carbon and sulphate emissions. We use a combination of observational, reanalysis and model data to demonstrate that the anomalous circulation, which is radiatively forced by these anthropogenic aerosols, reduces the basin-wide vertical wind shear, creating an environment more favourable for tropical cyclone intensification. Because most Arabian Sea tropical cyclones make landfall, our results suggest an additional impact on human health from regional air pollution.     

Reduced methane growth rate explained by decreased Northern Hemisphere microbial sources

Atmospheric methane (CH(4)) increased through much of the twentieth century, but this trend gradually weakened until a stable state was temporarily reached around the turn of the millennium, after which levels increased once more. The reasons for the slowdown are incompletely understood, with past work identifying changes in fossil fuel, wetland and agricultural sources and hydroxyl (OH) sinks as important causal factors. Here we show that the late-twentieth-century changes in the CH(4) growth rates are best explained by reduced microbial sources in the Northern Hemisphere. Our results, based on synchronous time series of atmospheric CH(4) mixing and (13)C/(12)C ratios and a two-box atmospheric model, indicate that the evolution of the mixing ratio requires no significant change in Southern Hemisphere sources between 1984 and 2005. Observed changes in the interhemispheric difference of (13)C effectively exclude reduced fossil fuel emissions as the primary cause of the slowdown. The (13)C observations are consistent with long-term reductions in agricultural emissions or another microbial source within the Northern Hemisphere. Approximately half (51?±?18%) of the decrease in Northern Hemisphere CH(4) emissions can be explained by reduced emissions from rice agriculture in Asia over the past three decades associated with increases in fertilizer application and reductions in water use.     

碳纳米管/炭黑并用导电橡胶的制备与性能研究

文章基于溶液共混法,制成了一种新型的碳纳米管/炭黑/硅胶多相复合材料.实验利用TEM、压阻测试平台等手段表征和分析了碳纳米管的功能化、添加比例对复合材料性能的影响.实验结果表明:功能化可以有效改善碳纳米管的表面特性,进而改善其在聚合物中的分散性;不同维度纳米材料(碳纳米管/炭黑)的并用会在橡胶体系中形成“葡萄串”结构,...     

Irregular tropical glacier retreat over the Holocene epoch driven by progressive warming

The causes and timing of tropical glacier fluctuations during the Holocene epoch (10,000 years ago to present) are poorly understood. Yet constraining their sensitivity to changes in climate is important, as these glaciers are both sensitive indicators of climate change and serve as water reservoirs for highland regions. Studies have so far documented extra-tropical glacier fluctuations, but in the tropics, glacier-climate relationships are insufficiently understood. Here we present a (10)Be chronology for the past 11,000?years (11?kyr), using 57 moraines from the Bolivian Telata glacier (in the Cordillera Real mountain range). This chronology indicates that Telata glacier retreated irregularly. A rapid and strong melting from the maximum extent occurred from 10.8?±?0.9 to 8.5?±?0.4?kyr ago, followed by a slower retreat until the Little Ice Age, about 200 years ago. A dramatic increase in the rate of retreat occurred over the twentieth century. A glacier-climate model indicates that, relative to modern climate, annual mean temperature for the Telata glacier region was -3.3?±?0.8 °C cooler at 11?kyr ago and remained -2.1?±?0.8 °C cooler until the end of the Little Ice Age. We suggest that long-term warming of the eastern tropical Pacific and increased atmospheric temperature in response to enhanced austral summer insolation were the main drivers for the long-term Holocene retreat of glaciers in the southern tropics.     

Highly variable Northern Hemisphere temperatures reconstructed from low- and high-resolution proxy data

A number of reconstructions of millennial-scale climate variability have been carried out in order to understand patterns of natural climate variability, on decade to century timescales, and the role of anthropogenic forcing. These reconstructions have mainly used tree-ring data and other data sets of annual to decadal resolution. Lake and ocean sediments have a lower time resolution, but provide climate information at multicentennial timescales that may not be captured by tree-ring data. Here we reconstruct Northern Hemisphere temperatures for the past 2,000 years by combining low-resolution proxies with tree-ring data, using a wavelet transform technique to achieve timescale-dependent processing of the data. Our reconstruction shows larger multicentennial variability than most previous multi-proxy reconstructions, but agrees well with temperatures reconstructed from borehole measurements and with temperatures obtained with a general circulation model. According to our reconstruction, high temperatures--similar to those observed in the twentieth century before 1990--occurred around ad 1000 to 1100, and minimum temperatures that are about 0.7 K below the average of 1961-90 occurred around ad 1600. This large natural variability in the past suggests an important role of natural multicentennial variability that is likely to continue.     

Precipitation variability in central Himalayas and its relation to Northern Hemisphere temperature

Agriculture, industry and hydroelectric power in south Asia are heavily dependent on the performance of the summer (June to September) monsoon rainfall, which provides 75—90% of the annual rainwater over most parts of the area. A weak monsoon year generally corresponds to low crop yields. And strong monsoon usually produces abundant crops, although too much rainfall may produce devastating floods. However, modeling efforts to forecast the monsoon have met with only moderate success[1]. Prev…     

Reconstruction of the Northern Hemisphere temperature from 1500 to 1949 by optimal regional averaging method

The rareness and inhomogeneity of the data points cause difficulties in the reconstruction of past average temperature. Optimal regional averaging is a method that can overcome these difficulties and obtain the average temperature of target area by means of optimal weights using limited temperature data. In this paper, the average temperature in the Northern Hemisphere is calculated by the optimal regional averaging method using two types of data： temperature data from Climatic Research Unit from 1901 to 2000 and maximum latewood density dataset of tree from 1500 to 1949. Five, ten, fifteen data points from CRU and forty data points from MXD are used in our research. The results show that even with the relatively less data used in this reconstruction, the method allows the reconstruction of the average temperature of the Northern Hemisphere more accurately, which provides the temperature information for palaeoclimate reconstruction.     

2010年夏季北半球气温异常偏高现象及其成因

利用常规气象观测资料、NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,对2010年夏季6-8月北半球异常高温现象进行了分析.结果表明,夏季北半球大部分地方地面气温偏高,局部地区气温异常偏高,地而气温距平值达+6℃;北半球对流层平均气温正距平值达近30年以来最大值,并且各月平均气温异常偏高的区域,在对流层各层次都表现为一致的偏高;北半球对...     

Decadal changes of the wintertime tropical tropospheric temperature and their influences on the extratropical climate

Science Bulletin - A decadal change of the tropical tropospheric temperature (TT) was identified to occur in the winter of 1997. Compared with that in the former period (1979–1996), the...     

1998年夏季北半球斜压波活动与长江流域洪涝灾害分析

对流层上层的斜压波、高空槽对天气的变化有重要的影响。1998年夏季我国出现了大范围的天气异常，在长江流域发生了20世纪第二大的全流域性洪水，分析了1998年夏季北半球的西风急流、风暴轴、以及对流层上的斜压波活动与气候平均情况的异同，并揭示了1998年夏季北半球斜压波活动传播的主要区域、斜压波活动的持续性、斜压波向传播的速度以及斜压波传播时所具有的明显的下游效应。1998年夏季北半球的波包 次数共有11次，与夏季气候状况相比属于正常偏多，其中5月和8月的波包活动次数稍多。但更为明显的一个特点就是在7月中旬到8月上旬大西洋－欧洲的斜压波包活动比往年集中频繁，而且持续时间偏长， 为造成我国异常梅雨天气和长江流域洪涝灾害的乌拉尔阻塞高压的发展和维持提供了能量支持，同时为长江流域以及同期我国东北的大范围降雨提供了有利的水汽输送条件。最后分析了地面气旋生成与斜压波、高空槽之间的联系，指出在大多数向东部发展的高空槽的槽前，地面上有对应气旋地生成。     

活性碳,碳黑,石墨与金刚石晶种的生长

介绍了活性碳、碳黑与石墨在过剩压驱动下金刚石晶种的生长．对两种无定形碳以及石墨在触媒中的分散溶解输运与再结晶进行了观察，对活性碳、碳黑在金刚石晶种生长中的机理作了探索性的讨论．三种碳片上的晶种均有明显长大，无定形碳作晶种生长的碳源是可行的     

Eocene global warming events driven by ventilation of oceanic dissolved organic carbon

'Hyperthermals' are intervals of rapid, pronounced global warming known from six episodes within the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs (～65-34 million years (Myr) ago). The most extreme hyperthermal was the ～170 thousand year (kyr) interval of 5-7 °C global warming during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 56?Myr ago). The PETM is widely attributed to massive release of greenhouse gases from buried sedimentary carbon reservoirs, and other, comparatively modest, hyperthermals have also been linked to the release of sedimentary carbon. Here we show, using new 2.4-Myr-long Eocene deep ocean records, that the comparatively modest hyperthermals are much more numerous than previously documented, paced by the eccentricity of Earth's orbit and have shorter durations (～40?kyr) and more rapid recovery phases than the PETM. These findings point to the operation of fundamentally different forcing and feedback mechanisms than for the PETM, involving redistribution of carbon among Earth's readily exchangeable surface reservoirs rather than carbon exhumation from, and subsequent burial back into, the sedimentary reservoir. Specifically, we interpret our records to indicate repeated, large-scale releases of dissolved organic carbon (at least 1,600 gigatonnes) from the ocean by ventilation (strengthened oxidation) of the ocean interior. The rapid recovery of the carbon cycle following each Eocene hyperthermal strongly suggests that carbon was re-sequestered by the ocean, rather than the much slower process of silicate rock weathering proposed for the PETM. Our findings suggest that these pronounced climate warming events were driven not by repeated releases of carbon from buried sedimentary sources, but, rather, by patterns of surficial carbon redistribution familiar from younger intervals of Earth history.     

Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems.

Knowledge of carbon exchange between the atmosphere, land and the oceans is important, given that the terrestrial and marine environments are currently absorbing about half of the carbon dioxide that is emitted by fossil-fuel combustion. This carbon uptake is therefore limiting the extent of atmospheric and climatic change, but its long-term nature remains uncertain. Here we provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of global and regional patterns of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems. Atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen data confirm that the terrestrial biosphere was largely neutral with respect to net carbon exchange during the 1980s, but became a net carbon sink in the 1990s. This recent sink can be largely attributed to northern extratropical areas, and is roughly split between North America and Eurasia. Tropical land areas, however, were approximately in balance with respect to carbon exchange, implying a carbon sink that offset emissions due to tropical deforestation. The evolution of the terrestrial carbon sink is largely the result of changes in land use over time, such as regrowth on abandoned agricultural land and fire prevention, in addition to responses to environmental changes, such as longer growing seasons, and fertilization by carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Nevertheless, there remain considerable uncertainties as to the magnitude of the sink in different regions and the contribution of different processes.     

北半球不同强度、生命期阻塞高压的变化特征及其对温度的影响

分析了1968-2010年北半球阻塞高压频发区不同强度、生命期阻高的变化特征,从阻高强度和阻高生命期两方面分析阻高多发年、少发年与北半球地表温度的关系,结果显示:北半球的3个阻高频发区中,大西洋地区阻高出现总次数最多,太平洋地区次之,欧亚区最少;从阻高强度来看,3个阻高频发区强阻高次数均有减少趋势,以大西洋区最为显著,弱强度阻高变化趋势不明显;对于阻高生命期,长生命期阻高发生次数在21世纪以前变化不大,但近10年增加明显,短生命期阻高发生次数只有大西洋区在减少.大西洋区强阻高中长生命期阻高占25%,而太平洋区仅为14%,阻高强度越强时,出现长生命期阻高的概率也就越大.不同强度、生命期阻高对温度的影响差异显著.3个阻高频发区的长生命期阻高多发年与少发年温度差值的负异常区主要分布在中低纬度地区,而正异常区主要在高纬度地区;大西洋区、太平洋区长生命期阻高在多发年引起中低纬度地区的降温及高纬度地区的增温比强阻高产生的影响显著.     

观山湖区城镇用地拓展及驱动力分析

以LandsatTM/ETM卫星影像数据为基础,采用面向对象分类技术提取观山湖区2000年、2005年和2010年3期土地覆被数据。观山湖区城镇用地面积2000年为12.02km2,2010年为51.13km2,净增长了39.11km2,增长率为325.37%,年均增长率为32.54%,城镇用地2000年到2010年总体呈快速拓展。观山湖区城镇用地的快速拓展是受自然驱动因素、社会经济因素以及贵阳市城市规划的辐射带动综合作用的结果。     

由沉淀白炭黑直接合成有机硅化合物的研究

该文研究了以沉淀白炭黑为原料,采用减压蒸馏法直接合成六配位体有机硅化合物的新方法。通过实验确定了最佳合成条件。用红外光谱和X-Ray衍射分析合成产物的结构。结果表明:以碱土金属氧化物为介质时,合成产物为六配位体有机硅化合物;在最佳合成条件下,钡盐的转化率达90%以上,钙盐的转化率在60%以上。     

炭黑/煤焦油沥青基球形活性炭的制备及表征

以煤焦油沥青为前驱体,采用反溶剂沉淀法来构建沥青的球形结构,并在此过程中添加炭黑颗粒,利用后续炭化过程中两种物质的界面分离增加孔道结构,应用KOH活化法制备煤沥青基球形活性炭.系统地讨论炭黑添加量、炭化温度、活化温度、KOH添加量等因素对复合球形活性炭的微观形貌及孔道结构参数的影响.实验结果表明,炭黑添加量对球形活性炭的形貌结构和比表面积有着重要影响.炭化温度过低、活化温度过高、KOH添加过多均会导致制备的样品难以维持球形形貌.因此,调控适宜的制备条件才能制备出比表面积较大、球形度良好的球形活性炭.     

基于炭黑填充导电橡胶的温度传感器工作原理

文章给出了炭黑填充导电橡胶(导电炭黑/橡胶)的正电阻-温度系数(positive temperature coefficient of resistance,PTCR)近似计算方程;采用该方程并结合形变和电阻率对PTCR效应的影响程度,分析了温度敏感导电炭黑/橡胶的工作原理。结果表明:基体的体积膨胀导致炭黑体积分数被稀释的过程对PTCR效应存在重要影响,基体的体积膨胀导致材料几何外形的改变对PTCR效应无显著影响;此外,当导电炭黑/橡胶分别用于温度传感和压力传感时,其工作原理不同,用于温度传感时,其工作原理仅为炭黑填料体积分数的被稀释而导致的材料电阻率的变化。     

浙江梅雨分型与梅汛期前期北半球大气环流演变关系研究

对1971-1999年浙江省梅雨的空间分布进行客观分型,研究各种雨型前期500hPa高度场的相应变化特征,初步提示历年梅雨雨型与其前期高空环流中预兆因子的关系。结果表明,前期冬季春季环流变化特征的异同是导致梅雨型各自特点的重要原因。通过对3种梅雨型一些重要环流前兆因子的分析研究,发现前冬500hPa高度场上低纬度为正异常或负异常是导致次年浙江省梅雨期北部少梅或多梅的最显著的前兆,而春季南亚到西太平洋的负距平区发展强弱情况则是预报该年浙江省西南部是否出现少梅的重要判据之一。