Sustained growth of sulfur hexafluoride emissions in China inferred from atmospheric observations.

Autor: An M; Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. mindean@mit.edu.; College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. mindean@mit.edu.; School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK. mindean@mit.edu., Prinn RG; Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA., Western LM; School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.; Global Monitoring Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA., Zhao X; College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China., Yao B; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. yaobo@fudan.edu.cn.; Meteorological Observation Centre of China Meteorological Administration (MOC/CMA), Beijing, 100081, China. yaobo@fudan.edu.cn., Hu J; College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China., Ganesan AL; Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.; School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK., Mühle J; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA., Weiss RF; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA., Krummel PB; Climate, Atmosphere and Oceans Interactions, CSIRO Environment, Aspendale, VIC, 3195, Australia., O'Doherty S; School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK., Young D; School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK., Rigby M; Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.; School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2024 Mar 05; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 1997. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 05.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46084-3
Abstrakt: Sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) is a potent greenhouse gas. Here we use long-term atmospheric observations to determine SF 6 emissions from China between 2011 and 2021, which are used to evaluate the Chinese national SF 6 emission inventory and to better understand the global SF 6 budget. SF 6 emissions in China substantially increased from 2.6 (2.3-2.7, 68% uncertainty) Gg yr -1 in 2011 to 5.1 (4.8-5.4) Gg yr -1 in 2021. The increase from China is larger than the global total emissions rise, implying that it has offset falling emissions from other countries. Emissions in the less-populated western regions of China, which have potentially not been well quantified in previous measurement-based estimates, contribute significantly to the national SF 6 emissions, likely due to substantial power generation and transmission in that area. The CO 2 -eq emissions of SF 6 in China in 2021 were 125 (117-132) million tonnes (Mt), comparable to the national total CO 2 emissions of several countries such as the Netherlands or Nigeria. The increasing SF 6 emissions offset some of the CO 2 reductions achieved through transitioning to renewable energy in the power industry, and might hinder progress towards achieving China's goal of carbon neutrality by 2060 if no concrete control measures are implemented.
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