国内废水是一个被忽视的来源,是全球河流中溶解的碳的数量
Xingxing Cao1,2,3, Shiqin Chen4,5, Yan Liu4,5
1College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. xxcao@gzu.edu.cn.
Nature communications
|August 13, 2025
概括
国内废水对全球河流碳产生重大影响,每年贡献超过21.4 Tg. 这项研究量化了废水的数量.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 全球碳循环研究
- 评估水质水质的评估.
背景情况:
- 河流溶解碳 (DC) 对全球碳循环至关重要.
- 家庭废水对河流直流的具体贡献以前没有得到量化.
- 了解这一贡献对于准确的全球碳预算评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化处理和未处理的家用废水对溶解无机碳 (DIC) 和溶解有机碳 (DOC) 负载的影响.
- 评估这些负载在国家和河流盆地规模.
- 突出废水衍生的碳在全球碳预算中的重要性.
主要方法:
- 在全球范围内量化废水衍生的DIC和DOC.
- 从经过处理和未经处理的家用废水中分析碳负载.
- 评估诸如处理技术,气候和社会经济发展等促成因素.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,家庭废水每年排放大约21.4Tg的直流.
- 未经处理的废水比处理的废水贡献的DIC和DOC要多得多.
- 废水衍生的碳占全球河流DC出口的3.13 ± 0.46%,人口密集地区的贡献最高.
结论:
- 国内废水是河流溶解碳的大量,以前未经定量化的来源.
- 废水中的碳负载受各种环境和发展因素的影响.
- 将废水碳纳入全球预算和监测废水质量对于有效的碳管理至关重要.
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