{"id":32947,"date":"2024-12-22T08:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T07:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=32947"},"modified":"2024-12-22T08:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T07:29:37","slug":"the-extent-and-fate-of-fossil-carbon-accumulation-in-our-technosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/12\/22\/the-extent-and-fate-of-fossil-carbon-accumulation-in-our-technosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"The extent and fate of fossil carbon accumulation in our technosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This document<\/span><\/a> deals with <\/span>by the accumulation of fossil carbon (FC) in the technosphere<\/span>, which is the sum of all artifacts created by humans. Study <\/span>quantifies the accumulation of FC in Trvan\u010di\u0107's goods and infrastructure from 1995 to 2019<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are the main findings of the study:<\/span><\/div>\n
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In 2011, <\/span>91% of extracted fossil carbon went directly into the atmosphere, while 9% accumulated in the technosphere<\/span>This accumulation primarily occurs in construction, manufacturing, and households.<\/span><\/div>\n
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From 1995 to 2019, 8.4 Gt of fossil carbon (equivalent to 30.8 Gt CO2 equivalent) accumulated in the technosphere.<\/span>Most of this carbon remains in the products we use, but some ends up in landfills, where it takes more than 50 years to decompose.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Highest <\/span>FC accumulation was observed in buildings and infrastructure<\/span>, representing 34% of the total FC addition to the stockpile. Bitumen accounts for the largest share of this amount.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Increasing recycling rates and extending product lifespans can reduce dependence on new sources of fossil carbon<\/span>Better waste management can limit carbon leakage from landfills and prevent long-term negative environmental impacts.<\/span><\/div>\n
The document emphasizes that <\/span>Durable goods and infrastructure act as a temporary carbon sink<\/span>However, without proper management, this carbon will eventually be released into the atmosphere or biosphere.<\/span><\/div>\n
The study authors emphasize the importance <\/span>further research aimed at reducing dependence on fossil carbon<\/span> by limiting its inflow into the technosphere and slowing its permeability within it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This paper examines the accumulation of fossil carbon (FC) in the technosphere, which is the sum of all human-made artifacts. The study quantifies the accumulation of FC in Trvan\u010di\u0107\u2019s goods and infrastructure from 1995 to 2019. Here are the main findings of the study: \u25cf In 2011, 91% of extracted fossil carbon went directly into the atmosphere, while 9% accumulated [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}