Holocene initiation and expansion of the southern margins of northern peatlands triggered by the East Asian summer monsoon recession

Northern peatlands represent one of the largest biospheric carbon reservoirs in the world. Their southern margins act as new carbon reservoirs, which can greatly influence the global carbon dynamics. However, the Holocene initiation, expansion and climate sensitivity of these peatlands remain intensely debated. Here we used a compilation of basal peat ages across six isolated peatlands at the southern margins of northern peatlands to address these issues. We found that the earliest initiation event of these peatlands occurred after the Younger Dryas (YD, 12,800–11,700 years ago) period. The second initiation event and rapid expansion occurred since 5 ka cal. BP. The recession of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) during the YD period and at around 5 ka cal. BP likely played a major role in controlling the initiation and expansion of these peatlands. The rapid expansion of these peatlands possibly contributed to the significant increases in atmospheric methane concentrations during the late Holocene because of the minerotrophic fens status and rapid expansion of them. These ecological processes are different from northern peatlands, indicating the special carbon sink and source implications of these peatlands in the global carbon cycle.     

张家口—渤海地震带岩石圈磁场时空变化特征

利用2016—2018年3期华北地区流动地磁矢量原始测量资料, 经数据计算获得2期华北地区和张家口—渤海地震活动带及邻区岩石圈磁场时空变化模型。 研究结果显示: 张家口—渤海地震带岩石圈磁场变化空间分布不均匀, 具有明显的分区特征, 在张家口段(西段)与北京段(中西段)分界处和北京段(中西段)与唐山段(中东段)分界处岩石圈磁场各要素具有明显的异常变化, 如水平矢量存在转向和幅值变化, 磁偏角与磁倾角具有正负异常高梯度带的特征, 这与张家口—渤海地震带构造分段性特征密切相关。 张家口—渤海地震带位于燕山块体与华北平原块体之间, 两者运动的平动速率之差是张家口—渤海地震带左旋走滑的直接动力来源, 而各断裂带左旋走滑速率之差很可能是岩石圈磁场空间变化分段性分布的主要原因。     

春季黄、渤海沉积物中CH4和N2O的垂向分布特征研究

本研究分别利用顶空平衡法与qPCR技术测定了2018年春季黄、渤海5个典型站位柱状沉积物中甲烷(CH₄)和氧化亚氮(N₂O)浓度及产甲烷菌与硫酸盐还原菌功能基因拷贝数,并分析了其与间隙水中相关环境因子的关系。沉积物上方水文条件的差异以及其中复杂的碳氮生物地球化学过程使得CH₄和N₂O浓度呈现出明显的空间和垂直变化。结果显示,沉积物中CH₄浓度为0.23~0.92 μmol·kg^-1,N₂O浓度为18.90~104.96 nmol·kg^-1。总体来说,渤海沉积物中CH₄和N₂O平均浓度高于黄海。垂向分布上,CH₄浓度均随深度增加逐渐升高, $\text{SO}_{4}^{2-}$浓度随深度增加逐渐降低,并与CH₄浓度呈镜像关系,产甲烷菌与硫酸盐还原菌的丰度也遵循着同样规律,这表明沉积物中产甲烷作用受$\text{SO}_{4}^{2-}$浓度的抑制。 mcrA基因拷贝数平均值为渤海低于黄海。除3500-7站外,沉积物中mcrA基因拷贝数随深度增加而升高。各站位mcrA 基因丰度与CH₄浓度均无显著相关性,且mcrA丰度与$\text{SO}_{4}^{2-}$浓度之间也未检测到显著相关性。dsrB基因拷贝数远高于mcrA基因拷贝数,且两者相差至少两个数量级。 dsrB基因拷贝数随深度逐渐增加,直至10 cm左右,随后至沉积物底部逐渐减少。各站位dsrB基因拷贝数与CH₄浓度剖面略有镜像关系,但均未检测到显著负相关性。以上结果均表明沉积物中存在着同时消耗沉积物中$\text{SO}_{4}^{2-}$与CH₄的其他作用。N₂O浓度随深度增加先降低,在深度30 cm以下逐渐升高。间隙水中$\text{NO}_{3}^{-}$和$\text{NO}_{2}^{-}$浓度均随深度减小,同时$\text{NH}_{4}^{+}$浓度与其呈相反趋势。沉积物中N₂O与$\text{NO}_{2}^{-}$及$\text{NO}_{3}^{-}$浓度均呈正相关,且前者相关性较高,说明反硝化作用是沉积物中N₂O产生的主要过程。这些结果为进一步了解近岸陆架海域沉积物中CH₄和N₂O的来源、分布及碳氮生物地球化学循环提供了参考资料。     

黑龙江多宝山——大新屯地区铜金多金属成矿作用及找矿方向

黑龙江省多宝山—大新屯地区,铜矿以中—晚加里东期多宝山式斑岩型、燕山早期三矿沟式矽卡岩型为主,晚古生界海底火山岩有关喷发—沉积型铜锌矿床,具优越的成矿潜力,不同时期、类型铜矿床在空间分布上明显受古生代海相火山岩—碳酸盐岩建造控制,并具有"上金下铜"的斑岩—热液型铜金矿成矿系统的特征。金矿以燕山晚期三道湾子式浅成低温热液型金成矿作用强烈为特点;持续时间由早石炭世—早—中侏罗世的韧性剪切—走滑作用、中侏罗世为主要伸展期的变质核杂岩有关的金成矿作用,以及奥陶纪浊积岩(卡林型)有关金成矿作用,以中—小规模金矿床(点)为主;金矿受北西向、北东向的火山构造、变质核杂岩构造和韧性剪切—走滑作用控制,显示出良好的金找矿前景;结合近期的铜金矿重大勘查进展和成果,总结成矿规律,梳理了制约着铜金多金属矿找矿突破的关键地质问题,提出找矿方向和今后勘查工作部署建议。     

新疆阜康急斜地层煤层气井施工技术

针对新疆阜康白杨河煤层气矿区地层急斜、软硬互层、存在烧变岩层等问题造成的钻孔极易弯曲、坍塌等问题,采用空气潜孔锤钻井技术及无线电磁波随钻测井定向钻进技术,顺利解决了钻孔弯曲、塌孔、成孔难等施工难题,施工效率达到常规钻井速度的3倍以上,对于类似地层的煤层气井施工有借鉴意义。     

利用AIRS产品分析中国地区近地面甲烷浓度时空特性

甲烷(CH4)作为仅次于二氧化碳(CO2)的第二大温室气体,不仅在全球和区域尺度光化学反应中起着重要作用,而且在能量收支平衡及气候变化方面有着重要的影响。2013年,Auqa/EOS的大气红外探测仪(AIRS)热红外近地表CH4产品在AIRS Version6.0产品中发布,其结果尚未在中国进行验证,利用热红外传感器分析中国近地表CH4浓度的时空分布还处于初始阶段。本文利用中国青海瓦里关(WLG)、中国台湾鹿林山(LLN)及蒙古乌兰乌勒(UUM)地基观测资料对AIRS V6.0近地面CH4浓度产品进行了验证,误差在2%以内,二者相关系数r分别为0.68、0.5、0.69,变化趋势一致,进而从地域、季节变化和年际变化3个方面探讨了2003年—2013年中国地区近地面CH4浓度的时空分布特征。结果表明:CH4浓度最低值位于西藏地区(1800 ppbv),高值区位于新疆维吾尔自治区北部、内蒙古自治区及黑龙江北部(1920 ppbv);夏季高,冬季低,季节性变化明显,年际变化基本上呈增长趋势。     

Reflections on the current state of global climate response

What is the significance of the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali? The formal outcomes, especially the ‘Bali Action Plan’, are described and commented on, along with the challenges for negotiating a post-2012 agreement in Copenhagen during 2008 and 2009. The article concludes that the outcome of the Bali meeting is insufficient when compared to the nature of the challenge posed by climate change. However, it can nevertheless be considered a success in terms of ‘Realpolitik’ in paving the way for the negotiations ahead, because some real changes have been discerned in the political landscape. The challenges for the road towards Copenhagen are manifold: the sheer volume and complexity of the issues and the far-reaching nature of decisions such as differentiation between non- Annex I countries pose significant challenges in themselves, while the dependency on the electoral process in the USA introduces a high element of risk into the whole process. The emergence of social justice as an issue turns climate policy into an endeavour to improve the world at large—thereby adding to the complexity. And, finally, the biggest challenge is the recognition that the climate problem requires a global solution, that Annex I and non-Annex I countries are mutually dependent on each other and that only cooperation regarding technology in combination with significant financial support will provide the chance to successfully tackle climate change.     

Climate negotiations beyond Kyoto: developing countries concerns and interests

Abstract

Five years down the road from Kyoto, the Protocol that bears that city's name still awaits enough qualifying ratifications to come into force. While attention has been understandably focussed on the ratification process, it is time to begin thinking about the next steps for the global climate regime, particularly in terms of a deeper inclusion of developing countries' concerns and interests. This paper begins doing so from the perspective of the developing countries. The principal argument is that we need to return to the basic principles outlined in the Framework Convention on Climate Change in searching for a north—south bargain on climate change. Such a bargain may be achievable if we can realign the policy architecture of the climate regime to its original stated goals of sustainable development.     

Economics of climate change: risk and responsibility by world region

The impacts of predicted climate change will not be distributed evenly around the world. As post-Kyoto negotiations unfold, relating the geographical distribution of projected impacts to responsibility for emissions among world regions is essential for achieving an equitable path forward. This article surveys the current knowledge of regional climate consequences, and delves into the regional predictions of economic assessment models to date, examining how the uncertainties, assumptions and ethical dimensions influence the portrayal of risk at this scale. The few studies that quantitatively compared regional risk and responsibility are reviewed, and the analytical framework from one such study is applied to the 2006 Stern Review's projections to give the first regional comparison to take purchasing power and welfare considerations into account. Synthesizing burden and blame in this way is informative for policy makers; the world's most vulnerable communities—in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Latin America, and small island states—accounted for less than 33% of global greenhouse gas emissions over the period 1961–2000, but may experience more than 75% of the ensuing climate damages this century. This analysis reinforces the call for industrialized nations to lead mitigation efforts, and to do so decisively and swiftly.