Ocean negative carbon emissions in the context of earth system science

Authors

Nianzhi JIAO, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen 361005, China ONCE Joint Laboratory, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China ONCE Joint Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS B3H 4R2, Canada Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaFollow
Tingwei LUO, Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China ONCE Joint Laboratory, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Jihua LIU, Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China ONCE Joint Laboratory, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
Quanrui CHEN, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen 361005, China ONCE Joint Laboratory, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Chenba ZHU, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen 361005, China ONCE Joint Laboratory, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

Keywords

Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (ONCE), transformative approach, climate change, sustainable development

Document Type

S&T Innovation Supports High-quality Development of the Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

Comparing the records of geological events and the observations of the current climate, the debate on the main cause of global warming, which has lasted for more than 30 years, is now to an end. Along the global consensus, it is imperative to seek effective solutions to the mitigation of climate change for China and the countries along Belt and Road route, which are facing the unavoidable conflicts between development and protection. Based on these analyses, The study proposes that reasonable and legitimate transformative Ocean Negative Carbon Emission (ONCE) approach should be developed in the context of Earth system science for the mitigation of global warming, with improvement of the changed environments toward sustainable development and harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.

First page

1294

Last Page

1305

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

JIAO, Nianzhi; LUO, Tingwei; LIU, Jihua; CHEN, Quanrui; and ZHU, Chenba (2023) "Ocean negative carbon emissions in the context of earth system science," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 38 : Iss. 9 , Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20230726004
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss9/8