Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Water Systems
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4915
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Interests: environmental modelling; machine learning; data science; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; water management; decision support tools
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Interests: aquatic ecology; monitoring; assessment; ecological modelling; water quality management; ecotechnology; decision support tools; sustainability; ISO standards related to water monitoring and assessment documents via the BELGAQUA and B-IWA organisations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the past, researchers were mainly focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the terrestrial (eco)systems to the atmosphere, while studies have underestimated the fluxes of GHGs from aquatic components (e.g., rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, wetlands, septic tanks, sewer systems, and wastewater treatment plants). However, new evidence has revealed that the fluxes of GHGs within and through water systems are much higher than previously thought. For example, global carbon fluxes from streams and rivers to the atmosphere were estimated around 3.9 Pg C yr-1, which is equivalent to 34% of total anthropogenic emissions from industrial activities and land-use change. Meanwhile, regularly receiving high loads of anthropogenic carbon and nitrogen, millions of ponds and lakes worldwide have become important sources of GHG emissions. Similarly, due to the substantial agglomeration of organic matter and nutrients, septic tanks and (waste)water treatment facilities have also been one of the main GHG sources as they are being considered one of the largest contributors to N2O emissions. On the other hand, coastal wetlands such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows sequester and store more carbon per unit area than terrestrial forests, and thus play an important role in climate change mitigation.
This Special Issue invites research and reviews covering greenhouse gas emissions from natural and anthropogenic water systems. Specifically, papers about greenhouse gas emissions from marine and inland waters, tidal and constructed wetlands, natural and artificial ponds, septic tanks, and (waste)water treatment facilities are welcome as contributions to this Special Issue. Moreover, contributions on mitigation methods based on environmental technologies and nature-based solutions are most welcome.
Dr. Long Ho
Prof. Dr. Peter Goethals
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- greenhouse gas emission
- greenhouse gas emission modelling and prediction
- greenhouse gas emission quantification
- spatial–temporal variations of greenhouse gas emissions
- carbon dioxide (CO2)
- methane (CH4)
- nitrous oxide (N2O)
- climate change mitigation and adaptation
- carbon sequestration
- greenhouse gas footprint
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