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| Titel |
Trees as bioindicators of industrial air pollution during implementation of pro-environmental policy in Silesia region (Poland). |
| VerfasserIn |
Barbara Sensuła, Sławomir Wilczyński, Magdalena Opała, Sławomira Pawełczyk, Natalia Piotrowska |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2015
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 17 (2015) |
| Datensatznummer |
250104719
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2015-4151.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The aim of research conducted within the project entitled "Trees as bioindicators of industrial
air pollutants during the implementation of pro-environmental policies in the area of Silesia"
(acronym BIOPOL) is the reconstruction of climate changes and anthropogenic effects and
monitoring of the influence of human activities related to industrial development and the
introduction of pro-environmental policy. The analysis will concern the climatic and
anthropogenic signals recorded in annual tree rings width of Scots pine and in the isotopic
composition of wood and its compenents (such as alpha-cellulose and glucose). Only a few
studies made a complex multiproxies analysis of the influence of industrial air pollutants on
changes in the tree rings width and their isotopic composition in any selected region. In
addition, research is usually for a period of industrial development, is a lack of analysis
for the period of implementation of EU law and standards on air quality to Polish
law.
The research area are the forests close to 3 different industrial plants (chemical- nitrogen
plants, steel mills, power plants), in Silesia, where operating companies have strategic
importance for the region and country. By analyzing the structure of land in Silesia noted a
significant advantage of forest land and agricultural land. A large percentage of forest land
providing protection for residents in case of failure in any of the plants. A cloud of noxious
fumes is possible in large part retained in the trees. Waste generated by the chemical industry,
metallurgy and energy represent the largest proportion of waste generated in the
region. Already in the beginning of 21stcentury, the Waste Management Plans for
various cities in Silesia are set out various strategic objectives to 2015, including in
the economic sector: the implementation of non-waste technology and less and
the best available techniques (BAT), the introduction of the principles of "cleaner
production".
The BIOPOL innovation is:
a) multiproxy spatio-temporal analysis of the effects of climate changes and emission of
air industrial pollution on trees during the development of industry and the implementation of
pro-environmental policies in Silesia:
- Analysis of the width of annual tree rings (since 1975)
- Analysis of underestimation of the 14C concentration during the implementation of
European standards (since 2000)
- Analysis of the recorded signals of environmental changes in the composition of stable
isotopes in annual tree rings – wood and its components
b) modeling of the influence of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere on the width of
annual growth of trees and C,O,N stable isotopes and radiocarbon
- Spatio-temporal model of environmental change in the tree rings width and their
isotopic composition close to each of the selected plants - comparison to the impact of
climate change and industrial pollution for 3 different industries (steel
mills, power plants, nitrogen plants) in the period from 1975 to present
- Space model of environmental changes in the isotopic composition of trees near each of
the selected plants (at varying distances from the chosen site) based on analysis of isotopic
composition of annual shoots of pine trees in three consecutive years: from 2012 to
2014)
- Estimation of emission components originating from industrial pollution for individual
plants
This project was funded by the National Science Centre allocated on the basis of the
decision number DEC-2011/03/D/ST10/05251 |
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