整个邻近美国的输入和流量的十年变化:2002-2012年
Robert D Sabo1, Christopher M Clark2, Jesse Bash3
1Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC, USA.
概括
(N) 污染管理是复杂的. 虽然国家N输入和输出保持稳定,但区域性转变发生,受农业,政策和野火的影响,影响环境质量.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
- 生态系统研究 生态系统研究
背景情况:
- 有效的环境政策需要定期量化通过空气,陆地和水的 (N) 流.
- 评估减少政策的影响需要了解相关规模的投入,输出和陆地余.
研究的目的:
- 编制和分析2002年,2007年和2012年的美国子盆地N库存,流量和余.
- 根据农业实践和政策干预措施,评估国家和地区N动态的变化.
主要方法:
- 编制经过同行评审的,公开可用的数据集,用于N输入,非水文N输出,化石燃料排放,粮食需求和陆地N过剩.
- 对美国连续三年 (2002年,2007年,2012年) 所有子盆地数据的分析.
主要成果:
- 2002年至2012年间,国家N输入,输出和余的变化很小 (±6%),仍然由农业主导.
- 区域N的余差异很大:由于投入较低和产量较高,东部减少,中西部由于使用更多肥料而增加,西部因野火而升.
- 2012年西部气排放量大幅增加 (320%),与异常的野火季节有关.
结论:
- 全国范围的N流量数据可以掩盖关键的区域差异和抵消趋势.
- 政策和市场驱动因素,包括生物燃料需求和排放法规,可以改变N输入和流量的来源和大小.
- 了解区域N动态对于有效的环境管理和评估政策成果至关重要.
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