{"id":3093,"date":"2025-06-17T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbag.eu\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:18:40","slug":"presentation-at-the-urban-greenhouse-gas-ghg-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/atmosphere\/2025\/06\/17\/presentation-at-the-urban-greenhouse-gas-ghg-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation at the Urban Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

(en catal\u00e0 a sota)<\/em><\/p>\n

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On 4th June, Qing Luo<\/a><\/strong> presented her work at the Urban Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Seminar, focusing on the role of greenery in reducing CO2 emissions. The monthly seminar series, hosted by Penn State’s Earth-Atmosphere Interactions Lab(USA), aims to foster knowledge exchange and promote international collaboration on the GHG monitoring and estimation.<\/p>\n

Urban greenery such as urban parks, green roofs and street trees provides multiple social-ecosystem benefits, including reduction of urban CO\u2082 emissions through photosynthetic uptake and carbon sequestration. However, the effectiveness of urban greenery in reducing CO\u2082 emissions remains uncertain, particularly in metropolitan areas where anthropogenic sources\u2014such as transportation, industry, and households\u2014interact with biogenic processes. Moreover, human-related vegetation management activities (e.g., mowing, irrigation, pruning, and fertilizing) are also associated with biogenic CO\u2082 emission.<\/p>\n

Qing Luo\u2019s work quantifies the CO\u2082 uptake by urban greenery in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) using the Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM). Her study provides a framework for improving the quantification of urban biogenic CO\u2082 emission. The presentation highlighted the importance for assessing the contribution of biogenic component to the total carbon budget across cities, which is critical for supporting more effective planning and policy strategies that leverage urban greenery for climate mitigation.<\/p>\n

The recording of the talk is accessible here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Catal\u00e0<\/strong><\/p>\n

El 4 de juny, Qing Luo<\/a><\/strong> va presentar el seu treball al seminari sobre gasos d\u2019efecte hivernacle (GEH) urbans, centrant-se en el paper de la vegetaci\u00f3 en la reducci\u00f3 de les emissions de CO\u2082. Aquesta s\u00e8rie de seminaris mensuals, organitzada pel laboratori d\u2019Interaccions Terra-Atmosfera de la Penn State (Estats Units), t\u00e9 com a objectiu afavorir l\u2019intercanvi de coneixement i promoure la col\u00b7laboraci\u00f3 internacional en el monitoratge i estimaci\u00f3 dels GEH.<\/p>\n

La vegetaci\u00f3 urbana, com ara els parcs urbans, les cobertes verdes i els arbres viaris, aporta m\u00faltiples beneficis socioecol\u00f2gics, inclosa la reducci\u00f3 de les emissions urbanes de CO\u2082 mitjan\u00e7ant l\u2019absorci\u00f3 fotosint\u00e8tica i la fixaci\u00f3 de carboni. Tanmateix, l\u2019efectivitat de la vegetaci\u00f3 urbana per reduir les emissions de CO\u2082 continua sent incerta, especialment a les \u00e0rees metropolitanes, on les fonts antropog\u00e8niques \u2014com el transport, la ind\u00fastria i els habitatges\u2014 interactuen amb els processos biog\u00e8nics. A m\u00e9s, les activitats de gesti\u00f3 de la vegetaci\u00f3 relacionades amb l\u2019acci\u00f3 humana (com la sega, el reg, la poda i la fertilitzaci\u00f3) tamb\u00e9 estan associades a emissions biog\u00e8niques de CO\u2082.<\/p>\n

El treball de Qing Luo quantifica l\u2019absorci\u00f3 de CO\u2082 per part de la vegetaci\u00f3 urbana a l\u2019\u00c0rea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) mitjan\u00e7ant el model de fotos\u00edntesi i respiraci\u00f3 de la vegetaci\u00f3 (VPRM). El seu estudi ofereix un marc per millorar la quantificaci\u00f3 de les emissions biog\u00e8niques urbanes de CO\u2082. La presentaci\u00f3 va posar en relleu la import\u00e0ncia d\u2019avaluar la contribuci\u00f3 del component biog\u00e8nic al balan\u00e7 total de carboni a les ciutats, un aspecte clau per donar suport a una planificaci\u00f3 i unes pol\u00edtiques m\u00e9s efectives que aprofitin la vegetaci\u00f3 urbana per mitigar el canvi clim\u00e0tic.<\/p>\n

La gravaci\u00f3 del seminari \u00e9s p\u00fablica aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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