From highly polluted inland city of China to “Lanzhou Blue”: The air-pollution characteristics

Air quality was improved considerably and the so-called "Lanzhou Blue" appeared frequently in Lanzhou due to implementation of some strict emission-control measures in recent years. To better understand whether the concentration of each air pollutant had decreased significantly and then give some suggestions as to urban air-quality improvement in the near future, the variations of the Air Quality Index (AQI) and six criterion air pollutants (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, CO, SO₂, NO₂, and O₃) at five state-controlled monitoring sites of Lanzhou were studied from 2013 to 2016. The AQI, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and SO₂ gradually decreased from 2013 to 2016, while CO and NO₂ concentrations had slightly increasing trends, especially in urban areas, due to the large number of motor vehicles, which had an annual growth rate of 30.87%. The variations of the air pollutants in the no-domestic-heating season were more significant than those in the domestic-heating season. The increase of ozone concentration for the domestic-heating season at a background station was the most significant among the five monitoring sites. The vehicle-exhaust and ozone pollution was increasingly severe with the rapid increase in the number of motor vehicles. The particulate-matter pollution became slight in the formerly highly polluted Lanzhou City. Some synergetic measures in urban and rural areas of Lanzhou should be taken by the local government in the near future to control fine particulate-matter (PM_2.5) and ozone pollution.     

蓝藻聚铁作用的模拟实验

实验模拟前寒武纪大气的高二氧化碳分压(P_CO2),低氧浓度条件下,加入较低浓度(6μg/g)铁的Zarronk培养液培养蓝藻Spirulina platensis,观察铁的沉淀与凝聚。藻在生长过程中不断改变环境的离子平衡系统以及pH,Eh等,造成铁的氧化、还原、络合和Fe³⁺沉淀。实验组与未加蓝藻的对照组有显著差别。实验证实藻在聚铁和铁矿形成中起重要作用。     

Rights and ownership in sea country: implications of marine renewable energy for indigenous and local communities

The adoption of UN Convention of the Law of the Sea in 1982 created optimism for indigenous peoples and marginalised coastal communities that they may (re)gain control of, or improve access to, marine resources. However concerns were also raised that opening the seas to industrial development might create threats for traditional users of the sea. Twenty-five years later the potential enclosure of large areas of coastal seas to marine renewable energy development is reigniting debates about marine governance, access and control over marine resources. Case studies in Scotland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia reveal a dynamic tension between: an economic development ‘blue growth’ agenda requiring the creation of private rights in the sea; and socio-political drivers which seek to address historic injustices and increase access to natural resources by indigenous and marginalised coastal communities. As yet there is little evidence of this tension being adequately addressed by emerging institutional frameworks for managing marine resources.     

Hydro-climatic trends in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin,Ethiopia

Trends of the three hydro-meteorological variables precipitation, temperature and stream flow, represented by 13, 12, and 9 gauging stations, respectively, within the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin have been studied to support water management in the region. The Trends were evaluated over different time periods depending on data availability at the stations. The statistical Mann–Kendall and Pettitt tests have been used to assess trends and change points respectively. The tests have been applied to mean annual, monthly, seasonal, 1- and 7-days annual minimum and maximum values for streamflow, while mean annual, monthly and seasonal timescales were applied to meteorological variables. The results are heterogeneous and depict statistically significant increasing/decreasing trends. Besides, it showed significant abrupt change of point upward/downward shift for streamflow and temperature time series. However, precipitation time series did not show any statistically significant trends in mean annual and seasonal scales across the examined stations.Increasing trends in temperature at different weather stations for the mean annual, rainy, dry and small rainy seasons are apparent. The mean temperature at Bahir Dar – typical station in the Lake Tana sub basin, has been increasing at the rate of about 0.5 °C/decade, 0.3 °C/decade in rainy season (June–September), 0.6 °C/decade in small rainy season (March–May), and 0.6 °C/decade in dry season (October–February). Other stations in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile show comparable results. Overall it is found that trends and change point times varied considerably across the stations and catchment to catchment. Identified significant trends can help to make better planning decisions for water management. However, the cause attributes to the observed changes in hydro-meteorological variables need further research. In particular the combined effects of land use/land cover change and climate variability on streamflow of Abay/Blue Nile basin and its tributaries needs to be understood better.     

新疆阿克陶红蓝宝石矿床矿物学研究

新疆阿克陶红蓝宝石矿床含矿岩石具有典型的眼球状、条带状混合岩化构造。浅色脉体中的钾长石有序度很低，属单斜正长石，其中部分发育钠长石出溶条纹。基体中出现富铝矿物矽线石和电气石，黑云母中Ａｌ２Ｏ３含量高；斜长石Ａｎ值低，为钠长石。含矿岩石为富铝贫硅低钙质岩石。脉体中的红蓝宝石晶体中发现大量流体熔融包裹体。红蓝宝石矿床为混合岩化作用成因，形成于高温低压条件下     

二次生烃的蓝移现象

通过对4件腐泥型煤及3件腐殖型煤样品的热解模拟,对二次生烃中出现的蓝移现象加以探讨,得出主要结论为:1)"红移"和"蓝移"现象是芳香环缩合度、烃类生成量、从干酪根大分子网络结构中排烃速度这3者的综合体现;2)干酪根大分子结构的分子筛作用,是产生"蓝移"现象的直接原因;3)"蓝移"现象与二次生烃迟滞效应密切相关;4)原始成熟度以及原始样品中壳质组或腐泥组含量共同控制"蓝移"程度,原始成熟度处于"生油窗"、同时样品中含有一定量的壳质组分或腐泥组分时,"蓝移"较强;5)当有壳质组分或腐泥组分含量的保证时,"蓝移"程度在"生油窗"下限附近达到最强.     

山东蓝宝石原生矿床成因探讨

山东昌乐地区广泛分布晚第三纪碱性玄武岩。该时代的玄武岩浆喷出活动在构造上受到大陆裂谷型沂沐断裂带的控制。玄武岩浆活动是喷溢型而不是喷发型。富含蓝宝石的寄主玄武岩比不含蓝宝石的玄武岩含Ｎａ２Ｏ＋Ｋ２Ｏ、Ａｌ２Ｏ３和ＴｉＯ２高,而含ＳｉＯ２低,其成分投影点落入（Ｋ２Ｏ＋Ｎａ２Ｏ）－ＳｉＯ２图中的碱性玄武岩区。含蓝宝石的玄武岩中含有大量的二辉橄榄岩,该种岩石是上地幔部分熔融出玄武岩熔体后的上地幔残留物。二辉橄榄岩中的矿物都处于平衡状态。用地质温度和压力计估算的二辉橄榄岩中的矿物平衡温度和压力分别为１１００℃和１．５ＧＰａ。蓝宝石是碱性玄武岩浆早期结晶的产物,而且与单斜辉石、长石、石榴石和锆石巨晶共生。     

Assessing the potential of REDD+ in a production mangrove forest in Malaysia using stakeholder analysis and ecosystem services mapping

Mangrove forests are ecologically important and carbon-rich coastal ecosystems that provide direct and indirect livelihood support for coastal communities. In recent years there has been increased discussion in the policy and scientific communities over how to include mangrove forests in climate change mitigation initiatives such as REDD+. There are a number of challenges to establishing a successful REDD+ project in mangrove areas, with land tenure and stakeholder entitlements arguably the most challenging. This study examines how REDD+ approaches might be applied to better balance timber production and conservation objectives in the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (MMFR), a 40,466 ha mangrove forest area in Malaysia. Stakeholder profiles and needs are linked with ecosystem services to develop an integrated profile of this complex social-ecological system, which has been managed for timber production for more than 100 years, and has recently revealed evidence of declining ecosystem health. The results provide insights into how REDD+ might be operationalised in existing forest areas with traditions of multiple uses, potentially contributing to improved social-ecological outcomes for forests and their diverse stakeholders.     

山东蓝宝石的宝石矿物学特征

对山东蓝宝石进行了系统的宝石矿物学研究,描述了山东蓝宝石的形态,大小,结构及包裹体特征,运用电子探针,粉晶Ｘ射线分析,顺磁共振光谱及化学全分析等测试手段,揭示了山东蓝宝石的成分,结构和物性之间的相互关系。     

Local effects of blue mussels around turbine foundations in an ecosystem model of Nysted off-shore wind farm, Denmark

The development of off-shore wind farms along the coastline of north-west Europe is rapidly increasing; it is therefore important to study how this will affect the marine environment. The present study modelled the growth and feed-backs of blue mussels in natural beds and on turbine foundations in an off-shore wind farm (OWF) located in a shallow coastal ecosystem by coupling a dynamic energy budget (DEB) model to a small-scale 3D hydrodynamic–biogeochemical model. The model results showed that blue mussels located higher up in the water column on turbine pillars achieved a 7–18 times higher biomass than those located on the scour protection because the former experience an enhanced advective food supply. Secondly, the high biomasses of blue mussels on foundations created local ‘hot spots’ of biological activity and changed ecosystem dynamics due to their feed-backs e.g. ingestion of microplankton and copepods, excretion of ammonium and egestion of faecal pellets. The model results were supported by field measurements around foundations of Chl a concentrations and biomasses of the fauna community. Our study emphasised that OWFs seem to be particularly favourable for blue mussels in the western Baltic Sea and that the functioning of the OWFs as artificial reef ecosystems depends upon how the blue mussels interact with their local pelagic and benthic environment.