Conference: CFS (Track 1): RadioSolutions: Making Radiocarbon Broadly Available for Natural Climate Solutions

会议：CFS（轨道 1）：RadioSolutions：使放射性碳广泛用于自然气候解决方案

• 批准号: 2422257
• 负责人: Peter Raymond
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2422257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; CFS; Track; RadioSolutions; Making

Natural Climate Solutions (NCS), also referred to as Nature-based Climate Solutions, represent a broad portfolio of land and coastal ocean management options to mitigate climate change. Recently the interest in NCS has intensified due to a lack of success curtailing CO2 emissions. Many of these NCS technologies attempt to move carbon from the atmosphere into parts of ecosystems that store carbon such as soils and trees. Unfortunately, methods to measure and verify CO2 removal are often a NCS stumbling block. The radio isotope of carbon (14C) is a powerful tool to track carbon movement into ecosystems. Historically 14C measurements have been expensive and labor intensive. Recently, a MIni CArbon Dating System (MICADAS) was developed to conduct repeat 14C sampling of carbon in air and ecosystems. The MICADAS offers several advantages including lower costs and sample preparation time. The goal of this work is to explore mechanisms to make this instrument broadly available for scientists engaged in NCS research and development. Furthermore, the proposed community facility would establish training modules necessary for scientists new to isotopic work. These training modules will train scientists to take samples in the field and analyze 14C data to help determine the impact of their NCS on carbon cycling.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

自然气候解决方案(NCS)，也被称为基于自然的气候解决方案，代表了缓解气候变化的陆地和沿海海洋管理方案的广泛组合。最近，由于在减少二氧化碳排放方面缺乏成功，人们对NCS的兴趣有所增强。许多NCS技术试图将大气中的碳转移到生态系统中储存碳的部分，如土壤和树木。不幸的是，测量和验证二氧化碳去除的方法往往是NCS的绊脚石。碳的放射性同位素(14C)是追踪碳进入生态系统的有力工具。从历史上看，14C的测量一直是昂贵和劳动密集型的。最近，一个小型碳测年系统(MICADAS)被开发出来，用于对空气和生态系统中的碳进行重复14C采样。MICADAS提供了几个优点，包括较低的成本和样品准备时间。这项工作的目标是探索使该仪器广泛适用于从事NCS研究和开发的科学家的机制。此外，拟议的社区设施将为新接触同位素工作的科学家建立必要的培训模块。这些培训模块将培训科学家在现场采集样本并分析14C数据，以帮助确定他们的NCS对碳循环的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。