爆炸性火山喷发可以作为碳沉的作用
Pierre Delmelle1, Sébastien Biass2, Mathilde Paque3
1Environmental Sciences, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. pierre.delmelle@uclouvain.be.
Nature communications
|May 9, 2025
概括
火山爆发埋葬了大量的土壤有机碳,创造了一个区域的碳汇. 这种tephra埋葬过程储存的碳比喷发所排放的更多,这使得火山活动成为一个碳负净事件.
科学领域:
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- 土壤科学 土壤科学
- 火山学 火山学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 尽管火山土壤覆盖了大约1%的陆地,但它占据了全球土壤有机碳的5%以上.
- 来自爆炸性喷发的特弗拉沉积是火山土壤中碳储存的量化不良过程.
研究的目的:
- 测量tephra埋藏土壤的碳储存潜力.
- 评估爆炸性火山活动对火山地区的碳净影响.
主要方法:
- 通过tephra进行碳埋葬的现场测量.
- 开发一个建模框架来估计Holocene碳储存.
- 储存的碳与源喷发产生的二氧化碳排放量进行比较.
主要成果:
- 单个火山喷发可以埋葬大量的稳定有机碳.
- 据估计,由于Holocene tephra沉积,厄瓜多尔的火山土壤储存了大约1.1 Pg C.
- 储存的碳库存超过了导致喷发的累积二氧化碳排放量.
结论:
- 爆炸性火山活动通过重复埋葬有机碳,作为一个重要的区域碳汇.
- 随着时间的推移,在火山土壤中因特拉引起的碳埋葬导致了净碳负事件.
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