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Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Cycle

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 4360

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Li Song

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Guest Editor
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Interests: environmental catalytic materials; nano-carbon materials; clean energy utilization; non-precious metal catalysts; carbon dioxide utilization; pollutant conversion and utilization
Prof. Dr. Bing Bai

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Guest Editor
Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Interests: carbon neutrality (deep geothermal, CO2 utilization and storage); ecological geotechnics (desertification and restoration)

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Collection titled “Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Cycle”. This issue will be a collection of papers from researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members. The aim is to provide a platform for networking and communication between IJERPH and scholars in the field of Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Cycle. All papers will be fully open access upon publication after peer review.

Dr. Li Song
Prof. Dr. Bing Bai
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • carbon neutrality
  • carbon cycle
  • environmental catalytic materials
  • nano-carbon materials
  • clean energy utilization
  • non-precious-metal catalysts
  • carbon dioxide utilization
  • pollutant conversion and utilization
  • ecological geotechnics

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Spatial Heterogeneity and Scale Effects of Transportation Carbon Emission-Influencing Factors—An Empirical Analysis Based on 286 Cities in China
by Tao Wang, Kai Zhang, Keliang Liu, Keke Ding and Wenwen Qin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2307; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032307 - 28 Jan 2023
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In order to scientifically evaluate the characteristics and impact outcomes of transportation carbon emissions, this paper uses the panel statistics of 286 cities to measure transportation carbon emissions and analyze their spatial correlation characteristics. Afterwards, primarily based on the current research, a system [...] Read more.
In order to scientifically evaluate the characteristics and impact outcomes of transportation carbon emissions, this paper uses the panel statistics of 286 cities to measure transportation carbon emissions and analyze their spatial correlation characteristics. Afterwards, primarily based on the current research, a system of indicators for the impact factors of transportation carbon emissions was established. After that, ordinary least squares regression, geographically weighted regression, and multiscale geographically weighted regression models were used to evaluate and analyze the data, and the outcomes of the multiscale geographically weighted regression model were selected to analyze the spatial heterogeneity of the elements influencing transportation carbon emissions. The effects exhibit that: (1) The spatial characteristics of China’s transportation carbon emissions demonstrate that emissions are high in the east, low in the west, high in the north, and low in the south, with high-value areas concentrated in the central cities of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region, and the Chengdu-Chongqing regions, and the low values concentrated in the Western Sichuan region, Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai, and Gansu. (2) The spatial heterogeneity of transportation carbon emissions is on the rise, but the patten of local agglomeration is obvious, showing a clear high-high clustering, and the spatial distribution of high-high agglomeration and low-low agglomeration is positively correlated, with high-high agglomeration concentrated in the eastern region and low-low agglomeration concentrated in the western region. (3) The effects of three variables—namely, GDP per capita, vehicle ownership, and road mileage—have a predominantly positive effect on transportation carbon emissions within the study area, while another three variables—namely, constant term, population density, and number of people employed in transportation industry—have different mechanisms of influence in different regions. Constant term, vehicle ownership, and road mileage have greater impacts on transportation carbon emissions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Cycle)
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Direct Air Capture of CO2 through Carbonate Alkalinity Generated by Phytoplankton Nitrate Assimilation
by Jing Su, Hui (Henry) Teng, Xiang Wan, Jianchao Zhang and Cong-Qiang Liu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010550 - 29 Dec 2022
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Despite the consensus that keeping global temperature rise within 1.5 °C above pre-industrial level by 2100 reduces the chance for climate change to reach the point of no return, the newest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns that the existing commitment [...] Read more.
Despite the consensus that keeping global temperature rise within 1.5 °C above pre-industrial level by 2100 reduces the chance for climate change to reach the point of no return, the newest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns that the existing commitment of greenhouse gas emission reduction is only enough to contain the warming to 3–4 °C by 2100. The harsh reality not only calls for speedier deployment of existing CO2 reduction technologies but demands development of more cost-efficient carbon removal strategies. Here we report an ocean alkalinity-based CO2 sequestration scheme, taking advantage of proton consumption during nitrate assimilation by marine photosynthetic microbes, and the ensuing enhancement of seawater CO2 absorption. Benchtop experiments using a native marine phytoplankton community confirmed pH elevation from ~8.2 to ~10.2 in seawater, within 3–5 days of microbial culture in nitrate-containing media. The alkaline condition was able to sustain at continued nutrient supply but reverted to normalcy (pH ~8.2–8.4) once the biomass was removed. Measurements of δ13C in the dissolved inorganic carbon revealed a significant atmospheric CO2 contribution to the carbonate alkalinity in the experimental seawater, confirming the occurrence of direct carbon dioxide capture from the air. Thermodynamic calculation shows a theoretical carbon removal rate of ~0.13 mol CO2/L seawater, if the seawater pH is allowed to decrease from 10.2 to 8.2. A cost analysis (using a standard bioreactor wastewater treatment plant as a template for CO2 trapping, and a modified moving-bed biofilm reactor for nitrate recycling) indicated that a 1 Mt CO2/year operation is able to perform at a cost of ~$40/tCO2, 2.5–5.5 times cheaper than that offered by any of the currently available direct air capture technologies, and more in line with the price of $25–30/tCO2 suggested for rapid deployment of large-scale CCS systems. Full article
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