Tankering strategies for evading emissions trading in aviation

Which actors in the aviation sector ought to be obliged to participate in emissions trading? The European Commission opted for the aircraft operator in their proposal for a Directive. A major drawback is that non-EU aircraft operators might legally challenge their inclusion in this scheme and, if the challenge was successful, discrimination between EU and non- EU operators would undermine the scheme. An alternative would be to place an obligation on fuel suppliers to prove possession of allowances, thus avoiding discrimination. However, emissions trading can be evaded to some extent by increased refuelling beyond EU boundaries (tankering). Typical city pairs were used to analyse the conditions under which such tankering strategies are economically attractive. The analysis shows that the attractiveness of tankering depends substantially on the relationship between fuel prices and allowance prices. If the price relation as of March 2006 is taken as a basis, tankering would be attractive within a radius of up to 4,000 km especially on southbound and eastward routes. Emissions trading could, under unfavourable conditions, be evaded for up to 20% of the total fuel consumption in aviation with the help of tankering. Although this value is only a theoretical upper limit, more than 10% of fuel consumption could be affected by tankering.     

鄂尔多斯盆地东北缘中侏罗统延安组植物群与古气候分析

鄂尔多斯盆地东北缘中侏罗统延安组为一套以河流滨湖相沉积为主的中粒中细粒长石砂岩、粉砂岩(泥质粉砂岩)、黑色页岩、粘土岩夹煤层。其中产大量的植物化石,计20属39种。经分析认为,这个植物群是一个属于我国北方区以Coniopteris-Phoenicopsis为代表的中侏罗世早期植物群,植物群组合反映鄂尔多斯盆地东北缘中侏罗世为偏潮湿的暖温带气候。     

1991-2010年中国大陆化石能源消费的CO2排放研究（英文）

本文采用IPCC推荐的表观消费量法计算了中国大陆30省区1991到2010年化石能源消费产生的CO2排放,发现:(1)排放总量由 2293.01Mt 增长到 7467.77Mt;(2)煤炭消费的排放比重最高达到79.98%;(3)人均排放量由 1.98t 增长至 5.57t;(4)CO2排放强度显著降低,由6.66 kg USD-1降至1.07kg USD-1,近年来趋于稳定;(5)区域发展不平衡始终存在,根据省际数据,在一些落后地区经济增长过度依赖于化石能源消费。关于CO2高排放,中国已经做出承诺并采取了行动。基于对可持续发展和全球气候变化不确定性的综合考虑,健康的产业结构、化石能源集约利用,以及区域发展平衡应更加受到重视。     

BOOK REVIEW

Eolian landforms as sandy dunes and dune heaps were mapped by the author in 1979–1980 in a zone where vegetation had been destroyed by a forest fire on 30 June 1976, in an area to the east of Elverum, south-east Norway. The mapped eolian landforms are discussed together with information from 40 samples of the eolian sediment. Winds, mostly from the north and north-west, were responsible for the development of these eolian landforms, utilizing the fluvioglacial sediments accumulated as a sandur during the retreat of the inland ice approximately 10,000 years ago. The winds were active during a short period of time, only a century or so before the area became vegetated.     

Source attribution of urban smog episodes caused by coal combustion

Stable weather conditions together with extensive use of coal combustion often lead to severe smog episodes in certain urban environments, especially in Eastern Europe. In order to identify the specific sources that cause the smog episodes in such environments, and to better understand the mixing state and atmospheric processing of aerosols, both single particle and bulk chemical characterization analysis of aerosols were performed in Krakow, Poland, during winter 2005.Real-time measurements of the bulk PM10 aerosol during a severe smog episode (PM10 mass > 400 µg m^− 3) showed a stable concentration of black carbon in the aerosol, and an increase in the sulphate and chlorine mass contributions towards the end of the episode. Chemical characterization of single particles further helped to identify residential coal burning as the main source that caused this severe smog episode, consisting of single particles with major signals for carbon with simultaneous absence of sulphate, chlorine and calcium. Particles from industrial coal combustion gained importance towards the end of that episode, after residential coal combustion was switched off, indicated by an increase of the percentage of sulphate and chlorine containing particles. Traffic was not a significant source during the severe smog episode. During a lighter smog episode, residential and industrial coal combustion was still predominant, with an increased contribution of traffic and processed/aged aerosols. On a clean day, particle classes containing nitrate were the most abundant. In addition, the aerosol was more internally mixed showing that there were more sources contributing to the total aerosol population.     

内蒙古突泉盆地南部中侏罗世植物群初探

报道了突泉盆地南部牤牛海地区发现的植物大化石15属26种,主要包括有节类Noecalamites sp.、Equisetites sp.,真蕨类Todites goeppertianus、T.williamsoni、Cladophlebis argutula、C.hsiehiana、C.shansiensis,松柏类Pityospermum staratschini、P.nordenskioldi、Podozamites schenki、P.lanceolotus,银杏类Czekanowskia rigida、Ginkgo huttoni、Ginkgoites cf.Sibiricus、G.sibiricus、G.cf.marginatus、G.lepidus、Vittifoliolum paucinerve、Phoenicopsis speciosa、Sphenobailra sp.,苏铁类Nilssonia sinensis以及裸子植物花果和种子Carpolithus sp.等,其中以真蕨类（26.9%）和银杏类（38.5%）占优势,松柏类（19.2%）占一定比重,含少量的木贼类（7.7%）、苏铁类（3.8%）以及裸子植物花果和种子化石（3.8%）.结合前人在该地区发现Raphaelia diamensis,指示该套含可采煤层的细碎屑岩组合具有浓厚的中侏罗世早期的时代特征,应为中侏罗世万宝组.根据植物组合中主要发育真蕨纲的Cladophlebis,银杏纲银杏目的Ginkgo、Ginkgoites、Sphenobailra以及松柏纲苏铁衫杉科的Podozamites等分子,结合当时整个万宝组植物群面貌以及地层中含煤、发育沉积铁矿等特征,可推测研究区当时具有温暖潮湿的古气候环境.     

济阳坳陷古近纪沟鞭藻分子化石的分布与控制因素

济阳坳陷古近纪沟鞭藻化石十分丰富,沟鞭藻为有机质富集层的形成作出了重要贡献。三芳甲藻甾烷和甲藻甾烷是沟鞭藻及其祖先在古代沉积物中两种重要的存在形式,并且它们几乎专一性地由沟鞭藻提供。研究发现,沟鞭藻的不同属种,德弗兰藻属、多刺甲藻属、渤海藻类等,均可以提供丰富的三芳甲藻甾烷和甲藻甾烷,但是三芳甲藻甾烷和甲藻甾烷对沉积环境的变化具有不同的响应。在淡水、半咸水、咸水等不同水介质条件下,三芳甲藻甾烷指数稳定分布在0.50～0.96之间,高丰度的三芳甲藻甾烷与地层中丰富的沟鞭藻化石相一致,因而三芳甲藻甾烷是指示沟鞭藻输入的有效分子化石。甲藻甾烷的丰度与古沉积环境存在密切关系,高盐环境有利于甲藻甾烷的形成和保存,随着盐度的降低甲藻甾烷指数在0.04～0.74这样一个较大的范围内变化,其发育程度与有机质沉降过程中和成岩作用早期遭受的微生物降解作用有关,强烈的生物降解不利于甲藻甾烷的保存。     

2014年秋季长株潭城市群一次典型霾污染天气过程的气象特征及成因分析

利用长株潭地区地面空气质量监测资料、常规地面气象资料及NCEP再分析资料和MODIS火点监测资料,结合HYSPLIT4后向轨迹模式,对2014年10月1718日长株潭地区一次严重霾天气过程的空气污染特征和成因进行综合分析。研究表明,长株潭地区此次严重霾天气污染事件的主要污染物为PM2.5,安徽南部和江西西北部地区秸秆焚烧产生的颗粒物,经高空偏东北气流引导输送到长株潭地区,是这次大范围烟霾天气的主要来源。长株潭地区西部高空槽区宽广,槽前西南气流较为强盛,地面受均压场控制,水平风速弱,为严重霾污染天气的维持提供了有利的环流条件。中低层逆温和大气底层湿度的增加,使污染物粒子不断累积;近地面连续静（小）风和风向的频繁转变,不利于污染物粒子的水平扩散;中下层弱的下沉气流、较低的混合层高度有利于污染物的垂直累积,为此次重度霾污染天气的发展、加强提供了有利的气象条件。     

山东乳山海滩岩及其重要科学意义

乳山海滩岩,经过室内对微体化石、大化石和沉积岩石学研究,查明该岩体具有典型的海滩岩特征:含有两种文石胶结物、滨海相微体古生物和热带大化石。该岩体形成在全新世最佳气侯期,至少有3次成岩期,对研究古环境变化规律具有重要的科学意义。     

贺兰山奥陶系研究的新进展

近年来,作者对贺兰山区奥陶系进行了岩石地层及生物地层学的研究,取得了新的进展。确证该区寒武系与奥陶系为连续沉积,对奥陶系进行了合理划分和时代厘定,初步建立了11个化石带或生物组合。该区是华北地台西缘奥陶系发育最好、生物地层研究最清楚的地区。根据沉积物及生物特征,确认本区中奥陶统为大陆边缘斜坡相沉积,浊流特征颇为典型。是研究斜坡沉积作用及其相模式、古构造古地理演化及其含矿性的理想地区。