Sentences with phrase «terrestrial biomass»
Terrestrial biomass refers to the total amount of living organisms, such as plants and animals, that exist on land. It includes everything from tiny insects to large trees and is an important measure of the overall health and biodiversity of Earth's ecosystems. Full definition
This is because any net additions of CO2 to the atmosphere resulting from biomass combustion should be captured by analyzing land - use, land - use change activities and their associated effects on terrestrial biomass carbon stocks.
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That said, if at some point, through development of efficient bioreactors and storage of night time emissions for daytime passage through the bioreactors, CO2 could be recycled into biomass at a rate between 80 - 90 %, the amount of external fuel going into the plant could then be cut by a significant amount, perhaps allowing for a significant share to come from terrestrial biomass grown on marginal land.
The amounts of carbon released at the PETM are roughly 3 times the total amount of terrestrial biomass — it therefore needed a completely different source of carbon.
Recent estimates from satellite imagery indicate that humans now appropriate 38 percent of all terrestrial biomass generated annually.
The promise of algae is that the amount of land needed to grow it would be significantly smaller than for terrestrial biomass.
«Climate Change and Terrestrial Biomass: What If Trees Do Not Migrate?»
This means that the equivalent of half our annual emissions of CO2 is removed from the atmosphere by the oceans and terrestrial biomass.
1997 A.M. Solomon and A.P. Kirilenko, «Climate Change and Terrestrial Biomass: What If Trees Do Not Migrate?»