LHEI participates in the IAEA working group on blue carbon. The working group met in Vienna, Austria in November to develop protocols for marine and coastal habitats
What does sea have in common with nuclear power?
11.-15. novembrī LHEI senior researcher Anda Ikauniece participates in an international working group that met in Vienna, Austria and together developed protocols for collection, determination and quantity calculations of accumulated carbon (“blue carbon”) in coastal biotopes of seas and oceans according to uniform principles worldwide.
The working group within the framework of project No. 7022 is organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and blue carbon is one of seven topics of the project intended for climate change assessment. Radioactive isotopes are used to determine the amount of carbon, so the IAEA has organized a global project to evaluate and, if possible, improve the quality of the environment in the seas and the ocean. The other topics of the project are related to pollution by mercury compounds, other pollutants and water acidification (pH changes).
In addition to blue carbon (more information on IAEA website), LHEI contributes to working groups on 2 other topics – mercury pollution and pH dynamics.
