Morgan Capital & Research: Environmental Crisis Is Co-related To Economic Boom. 16 June 2010 den

Morgan Capital & Research,latest environmental crisis report shows that the co-relation

between environmental problems and economic growth has increased significantly over the last few years. According to their research, 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China. China's economy has grown 10 times since 1978, and the co-relation of Chinas economic growth and environmental pollution is getting closer. Morgan Capital & Research,says that this co-relation will enter into economic books if Indias economic revolution catches up with China and by 2020, the world will face a bigger environmental problem than expected.

Morgan Capital & Research, environmental analysts reported that the boom in renewable energy may go right through the year 2030. Procurement must steadily double up to $500 billion by 2030 in order to make sure that the average carbon emission per person is only 2 tons by year 2050. The research firm encourage both retail investors and institution investors to invest in renewable energy companies with potential growth. Beside reaping profits, investor could also help save the environment and future generations of mankind. It states that investment in renewable energy or environment friendly companies are unlike doing charity without any tangible investment returns. This is because the failing environment will continue to compel governments to take greater actions in subsidizing these companies and in long run investor will gain significant from such investment although the industry could slow down in the short term due to the financial crisis.

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Warmer Climate Could Increase Release of Carbon Dioxide by Inland Lakes

ScienceDaily (July 23, 2010) Much organically bound carbon is deposited on inland lake bottoms. A portion remains in the sediment, sometimes for thousands of years, while the rest is largely broken down to carbon dioxide and methane, which are released into the atmosphere. Swedish researchers have shown that carbon retention by sediment is highly temperature-sensitive and that a warmer climate would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere.

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The study is published in the current issue of the journal Nature.

Particles of different kinds -- including microscopic algae, other plankton and humus from surrounding land areas -- are continuously deposited on lake bottoms. The breakdown of a portion of this matter by bacteria in the sediment contributes significantly to atmospheric carbon dioxide. Lake sediment nevertheless constitutes an important "carbon sink," serving to store -- sometimes for a very long time -- a significant portion of the carbon-containing material that does not decompose.

To date, it has been unclear to what extent organic, carbon-containing material remains on lake bottoms, as opposed to being broken down. A group of researchers under the leadership of Professor Lars Tranvik at the Department of Limnology at Uppsala University has found a strong connection between the carbon dioxide production of lake sediment and bottom-water temperature.

"What we have discovered is that a very similar temperature-dependence relationship holds for a wide range of lake-sediment types," says doctoral student Cristian Gudasz, who was responsible for data collection and evaluation. "Temperature affects carbon-dioxide production in much the same way regardless of a lake's nutrient content and geographic location and the chemical composition of the sediment."

The discovery of a broadly robust temperature-dependence relationship set the stage for an investigation of the effect of temperature on lake sediment in the boreal forest zone that runs through Eurasia and North America and contains millions of lakes. The annual rate at which bound carbon is deposited as sediment in the lakes of the boreal zone will fall by 4-27 per cent, depending on which climate forecasts are borne out, over the next hundred years. The production of carbon dioxide by lake sediment will increase correspondingly, resulting in higher levels of emissions to the atmosphere.

It is becoming increasingly clear that inland water systems play an important role in the global carbon cycle, in spite of the fact that they only cover 3 percent of the land area of the Earth. The study under consideration demonstrates how the role of inland water systems can be expected to change in response to climate change.

The project was carried out in collaboration with researchers at Linkping University within the scope of a major research undertaking focusing on the effects of environmental change on lake ecosystems and financed by Formas and the Swedish Research Council.

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