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Liang MC, Laskar AH, Barkan E, Newman S, Thiemens MH, Rangarajan R. New constraints of terrestrial and oceanic global gross primary productions from the triple oxygen isotopic composition of atmospheric CO 2 and O 2. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2162. [PMID: 36750626 PMCID: PMC9905602 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29389-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Representations of the changing global carbon cycle under climatic and environmental perturbations require highly detailed accounting of all atmosphere and biosphere exchange. These fluxes remain unsatisfactory, as a consequence of only having data with limited spatiotemporal coverage and precision, which restrict accurate assessments. Through the nature of intimate coupling of global carbon and oxygen cycles via O2 and CO2 and their unique triple oxygen isotope compositions in the biosphere and atmosphere, greater insight is available. We report analysis of their isotopic compositions with the widest geographical and temporal coverage (123 new measurements for CO2) and constrain, on an annual basis, the global CO2 recycling time (1.5 ± 0.2 year) and gross primary productivities of terrestrial (~ 170-200 PgC/year) and oceanic (~ 90-120 PgC/year) biospheres. Observed inter-annual variations in CO2 triple oxygen isotopic compositions were observed at a magnitude close to the largest contrast set by the terrestrial and oceanic biospheres. The seasonal cycles between the east and west Pacific Ocean were found to be drastically different. This intra-annual variability implies that the entire atmospheric CO2 turnover time is not much longer than the tropospheric mixing time (less than ~ 5 months), verifying the derived recycling time. The new measurements, analyses, and incorporation of other global data sets allow development of an independent approach, providing a strong constraint to biogeochemical models.
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- Mao-Chang Liang
- Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- grid.465082.d0000 0000 8527 8247Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat India
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.20861.3d0000000107068890Division of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA ,grid.511040.10000 0001 2034 9638Present Address: Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, USA
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- grid.266100.30000 0001 2107 4242Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA
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- grid.28665.3f0000 0001 2287 1366Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan ,Present Address: Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar
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Adnew GA, Workman E, Janssen C, Röckmann T. Temperature dependence of isotopic fractionation in the CO 2 -O 2 isotope exchange reaction. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9301. [PMID: 35318757 PMCID: PMC9285609 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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RATIONALE Oxygen isotope exchange between O2 and CO2 in the presence of heated platinum (Pt) is an established technique for determining the δ17 O value of CO2 . However, there is not yet a consensus on the associated fractionation factors at the steady state. METHODS We determined experimentally the steady-state α17 and α18 fractionation factors for Pt-catalyzed CO2 -O2 oxygen isotope exchange at temperatures ranging from 500 to 1200°C. For comparison, the theoretical α18 equilibrium exchange values reported by Richet et al. (1997) have been updated using the direct sum method for CO2 and the corresponding α17 values were determined. Finally, we examined whether the steady-state fractionation factors depend on the isotopic composition of the reactants, by using CO2 and O2 differing in δ18 O value from -66 ‰ to +4 ‰. RESULTS The experimentally determined steady-state fractionation factors α17 and α18 are lower than those obtained from the updated theoretical calculations (of CO2 -O2 isotope exchange under equilibrium conditions) by 0.0024 ± 0.0001 and 0.0048 ± 0.0002, respectively. The offset is not due to scale incompatibilities between isotope measurements of O2 and CO2 nor to the neglect of non-Born-Oppenheimer effects in the calculations. There is a crossover temperature at which enrichment in the minor isotopes switches from CO2 to O2 . The direct sum evaluation yields a θ value of ~0.54, i.e. higher than the canonical range maximum for a mass-dependent fractionation process. CONCLUSIONS Updated theoretical values of α18 for equilibrium isotope exchange are lower than those derived from previous work by Richet et al. (1997). The direct sum evaluation for CO2 yields θ values higher than the canonical range maximum for mass-dependent fractionation processes. This demonstrates the need to include anharmonic effects in the calculation and definition of mass-dependent fractionation processes for poly-atomic molecules. The discrepancy between the theory and the experimental α17 and α18 values may be due to thermal diffusion associated with the temperature gradient in the reactor.
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- Getachew Agmuas Adnew
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Physics DepartmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Physics DepartmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA)Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSLParisFrance
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Physics DepartmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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Bermúdez-Montaña M, Rodríguez-Arcos M, Carvajal M, Ostertag-Henning C, Lemus R. Algebraic vibrational description of the symmetric isotopologues of CO2: 13C16O2, 12C18O2 and 12C17O2. Chem Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2022.111481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wang Y, Feng M, Wang J, Chen X, Chen X, Du X, Xun F, Ngwenya BT. Algal blooms modulate organic matter remineralization in freshwater sediments: A new insight on priming effect. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 784:147087. [PMID: 33894606 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study provides a novel insight into the degradation of sediment organic matter (SOM) regulated by algae-derived organic matter (AOM) based on priming effect. We tracked the dynamics of SOM mineralization products and pathways, together with priming effects (PE) using the compound-specific stable isotope (δ13C) technique following addition of low- and high-density algal debris in sediments. We found that algal debris increased the total carbon oxidation rate, and resulted in denitrification and methanogenesis-dominated SOM mineralization. While iron reduction and sulphate reduction played important roles in the early period of algal accumulation. Total carbon oxidation rate and anaerobic rates (Ranaerobic) were higher in the amended treatments compared with that in the control. Analysis indicated that algal debris had a positive PE on SOM mineralization, which caused an intensified mineralization in the initial phase with over 80% of dissolved inorganic carbon deriving from SOM degradation. Total carbon oxidation rate of SOM deduced from priming effect (RTCOR-PE) was similar to Ranaerobic, further indicating SOM mineralization was a critical source of the end products. These findings deviate the causal focus from the decomposition of AOM, and confirm the accumulation of AOM as the facilitator of SOM mineralization. Our study offers empirical evidences to advance the traditional view on the effect of AOM on SOM mineralization.
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- Yarui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 Beijing East Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuangqing Road, Beijing 100085, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 Beijing East Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 Beijing East Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China
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- Hydrology and Water Resources College, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 Beijing East Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 Beijing East Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 Beijing East Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Microbial Geochemistry Laboratory, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK
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Adnew GA, Hofmann MEG, Pons TL, Koren G, Ziegler M, Lourens LJ, Röckmann T. Leaf scale quantification of the effect of photosynthetic gas exchange on Δ 47 of CO 2. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14023. [PMID: 34234170 PMCID: PMC8263724 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93092-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The clumped isotope composition (Δ47, the anomaly of the mass 47 isotopologue relative to the abundance expected from a random isotope distribution) of CO2 has been suggested as an additional tracer for gross CO2 fluxes. However, the effect of photosynthetic gas exchange on Δ47 has not been directly determined and two indirect/conceptual studies reported contradicting results. In this study, we quantify the effect of photosynthetic gas exchange on Δ47 of CO2 using leaf cuvette experiments with one C4 and two C3 plants. The experimental results are supported by calculations with a leaf cuvette model. Our results demonstrate the important roles of the Δ47 value of CO2 entering the leaf, kinetic fractionation as CO2 diffuses into, and out of the leaf and CO2–H2O isotope exchange with leaf water. We experimentally confirm the previously suggested dependence of Δ47 of CO2 in the air surrounding a leaf on the stomatal conductance and back-diffusion flux. Gas exchange can enrich or deplete the Δ47 of CO2 depending on the Δ47 of CO2 entering the leaf and the fraction of CO2 exchanged with leaf water and diffused back to the atmosphere, but under typical ambient conditions, it will lead to a decrease in Δ47.
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- Getachew Agmuas Adnew
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Picarro B.V., 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Laskar AH, Soesanto MY, Liang MC. Role of Vehicular Catalytic Converter Temperature in Emission of Pollutants: An Assessment Based on Isotopic Analysis of CO 2 and N 2O. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:4378-4388. [PMID: 33719411 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Vehicular catalytic converters are used to regulate, reduce, and convert toxic and environmentally unfriendly compounds in exhaust gases into relatively inert and less harmful chemical species. The efficiency, however, is largely affected by the operating temperature of the converter which is set by the hot exhaust gas released from the combustion chamber. A major gas released during combustion is CO2, and its multiply substituted isotopocule, namely, 13C16O18O, provides a window of opportunity to probe directly the effective temperature of the converter in operation. Here, we report multiple isotopic measurements in exhaust CO2 (δ13C, δ17O, δ18O, and Δ47) of diesel (trucks and buses) and gasoline (sedans, trucks, and two-wheel motorcycles)-powered vehicles. For investigating the efficiency of a converter in reducing toxic compounds, we studied NOx processes through isotopic analysis of the exhaust N2O. We found that the degree of N2O reduction to N2 in gasoline-powered vehicles is high when the temperature is above 200 °C (inferred by Δ47). In contrast, diesel-powered vehicles produce N2O in abundance, probably a consequence of selective catalytic reduction of NOx, and the reduction efficiency depends on the converter temperature. In other words, the catalytic converters act as sinks and sources of N2O to the atmosphere in gasoline- and diesel-operated vehicles, respectively. We also report a new set of field data by measuring the isotopic compositions of CO2 and N2O in the Hsuehshan tunnel, a ∼13 km long highway tunnel in Taiwan. Elevated N2O concentrations inside the tunnel indicate that the emission of N2O by heavy-duty diesel vehicles is much higher compared to the reduction by gasoline-operated passenger cars, making the vehicular exhausts a net source of N2O to the atmosphere. The combined study of clumped isotopes and N2O concentration in exhaust gases suggests that it is useful to probe the operational temperature of catalytic converters and monitor the pollution level in operation, thus providing an opportunity for manufacturers to optimize the catalytic efficiency to reduce the level of toxic pollutants to the environment.
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- Amzad H Laskar
- Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, Gujarat, India
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Alekseeva E, Doebeli M, Ispolatov I. Evolutionary adaptation of high-diversity communities to changing environments. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:11941-11953. [PMID: 33209261 PMCID: PMC7663975 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We use adaptive dynamics models to study how changes in the abiotic environment affect patterns of evolutionary dynamics and diversity in evolving communities of organisms with complex phenotypes. The models are based on the logistic competition model, and environmental changes are implemented as a temporal change of the carrying capacity as a function of phenotype. In general, we observe that environmental changes cause a reduction in the number of species, in total population size, and in phenotypic diversity. The rate of environmental change is crucial for determining whether a community survives or undergoes extinction. Until some critical rate of environmental changes, species are able to follow evolutionarily the shifting phenotypic optimum of the carrying capacity, and many communities adapt to the changing conditions and converge to new stationary states. When environmental changes stop, such communities gradually restore their initial phenotypic diversity.
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- University of British ColumbiaVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada
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Laskar AH, Mohabey D, Bhattacharya SK, Liang MC. Variable thermoregulation of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs inferred by clumped isotope analysis of fossilized eggshell carbonates. Heliyon 2020; 6:e05265. [PMID: 33117899 PMCID: PMC7581925 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The thermal physiology of non-avian dinosaurs, especially the endothermic/ectothermic nature of their metabolism, inferred indirectly using body mass, biophysical modelling, bone histology and growth rate, has long been a matter of debate. Clumped isotope thermometry, based on the thermodynamically driven preference of 13C-18O bond in carbonate minerals of fossilized eggshells, yields temperature of egg formation in the oviduct and can delineate the nature of thermoregulation of some extinct dinosaur taxa. In the present study, the clumped isotope thermometry was applied to the eggshells of a few species of modern birds and reptiles to show that it is possible to obtain the body temperatures of these species in most of the cases. We then used this method to the fossil eggshells of Late Cretaceous sauropods and theropods recovered from western and central India. The estimated body temperatures varied between 29 °C and 46 °C, with an overall average of 37 °C, significantly higher than the environmental temperature (about 25 °C) of this region during the Late Cretaceous. The results also show that the theropod species with low body masses (~800 kg) had high body temperature (~38 °C), while some gigantic (~20000 kg) sauropods had low body temperatures that were comparable to or slightly higher than the environmental temperature. Our analyses suggest that these Late Cretaceous giant species were endowed with a capacity of variable thermoregulation to control their body temperature.
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- Amzad H Laskar
- Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, Gujarat, India
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- Geological Survey of India (retired), Department of Geology, RTM Nagpur University, Law College Campus, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440001, India
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.,Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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Laskar AH, Maurya AS, Singh V, Gurjar BR, Liang MC. A new perspective of probing the level of pollution in the megacity Delhi affected by crop residue burning using the triple oxygen isotope technique in atmospheric CO 2. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114542. [PMID: 32311636 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Air quality in the megacity Delhi is affected not only by local emissions but also by pollutants from crop residue burning in the surrounding areas of the city, particularly the rice straw burning in the post monsoon season. As a major burning product, gaseous CO2, which is rather inert in the polluted atmosphere, provides an alternative solution to characterize the impact of biomass burning from a new perspective that other common tracers such as particulate matters are limited because of their physical and chemical reactiveness. Here, we report conventional ([CO2], δ13C, and δ18O) and unconventional (Δ17O) isotope data for CO2 collected at Connaught Place (CP), a core area in the megacity Delhi, and two surrounding remote regions during a field campaign in October 18-20, 2017. We also measured the isotopic ratios near a rice straw burning site in Taiwan to constrain their end member isotopic compositions. Rice straw burning produces CO2 with δ13C, δ18O, and Δ17O values of -29.02 ± 0.65, 19.63 ± 1.16, and 0.05 ± 0.02‰, respectively. The first two isotopic tracers are less distinguishable from those emitted by fossil fuel combustion but the last one is significantly different. We then utilize these end member isotopic ratios, with emphasis on Δ17O for the reason given above, for partitioning sources that affect the CO2 level in Delhi. Anthropogenic fraction of CO2 at CP ranges from 4 to 40%. Further analysis done by employing a three-component (background, rice straw burning, and fuel combustion) mixing model with constraints from the Δ17O values yields that rice straw burning contributes as much as ∼70% of the total anthropogenic CO2, which is more than double of the fossil fuel contribution (∼30%), during the study days.
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- Amzad H Laskar
- Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan.
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Adnew GA, Hofmann ME, Paul D, Laskar A, Surma J, Albrecht N, Pack A, Schwieters J, Koren G, Peters W, Röckmann T. Determination of the triple oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of CO 2 from atomic ion fragments formed in the ion source of the 253 Ultra high-resolution isotope ratio mass spectrometer. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33:1363-1380. [PMID: 31063233 PMCID: PMC6771542 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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RATIONALE Determination of δ17 O values directly from CO2 with traditional gas source isotope ratio mass spectrometry is not possible due to isobaric interference of 13 C16 O16 O on 12 C17 O16 O. The methods developed so far use either chemical conversion or isotope equilibration to determine the δ17 O value of CO2 . In addition, δ13 C measurements require correction for the interference from 12 C17 O16 O on 13 C16 O16 O since it is not possible to resolve the two isotopologues. METHODS We present a technique to determine the δ17 O, δ18 O and δ13 C values of CO2 from the fragment ions that are formed upon electron ionization in the ion source of the Thermo Scientific 253 Ultra high-resolution isotope ratio mass spectrometer (hereafter 253 Ultra). The new technique is compared with the CO2 -O2 exchange method and the 17 O-correction algorithm for δ17 O and δ13 C values, respectively. RESULTS The scale contractions for δ13 C and δ18 O values are slightly larger for fragment ion measurements than for molecular ion measurements. The δ17 O and Δ17 O values of CO2 can be measured on the 17 O+ fragment with an internal error that is a factor 1-2 above the counting statistics limit. The ultimate precision depends on the signal intensity and on the total time that the 17 O+ beam is monitored; a precision of 14 ppm (parts per million) (standard error of the mean) was achieved in 20 hours at the University of Göttingen. The Δ17 O measurements with the O-fragment method agree with the CO2 -O2 exchange method over a range of Δ17 O values of -0.3 to +0.7‰. CONCLUSIONS Isotope measurements on atom fragment ions of CO2 can be used as an alternative method to determine the carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of CO2 without chemical processing or corrections for mass interferences.
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- Getachew A. Adnew
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU)Utrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU)Utrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU)Utrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
- Centre for Isotope ResearchUniversity of GroningenThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU)Utrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Geoscience Center GöttingenGeorg‐August‐University GöttingenGermany
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- Geoscience Center GöttingenGeorg‐August‐University GöttingenGermany
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- Geoscience Center GöttingenGeorg‐August‐University GöttingenGermany
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- Department of Meteorology and Air QualityWageningen UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Centre for Isotope ResearchUniversity of GroningenThe Netherlands
- Department of Meteorology and Air QualityWageningen UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU)Utrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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Koren G, Schneider L, van der Velde IR, van Schaik E, Gromov SS, Adnew GA, Mrozek Martino DJ, Hofmann MEG, Liang M, Mahata S, Bergamaschi P, van der Laan‐Luijkx IT, Krol MC, Röckmann T, Peters W. Global 3-D Simulations of the Triple Oxygen Isotope Signature Δ 17O in Atmospheric CO 2. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2019; 124:8808-8836. [PMID: 31598450 PMCID: PMC6774299 DOI: 10.1029/2019jd030387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The triple oxygen isotope signature Δ17O in atmospheric CO2, also known as its "17O excess," has been proposed as a tracer for gross primary production (the gross uptake of CO2 by vegetation through photosynthesis). We present the first global 3-D model simulations for Δ17O in atmospheric CO2 together with a detailed model description and sensitivity analyses. In our 3-D model framework we include the stratospheric source of Δ17O in CO2 and the surface sinks from vegetation, soils, ocean, biomass burning, and fossil fuel combustion. The effect of oxidation of atmospheric CO on Δ17O in CO2 is also included in our model. We estimate that the global mean Δ17O (defined as Δ 17 O = ln ( δ 17 O + 1 ) - λ RL · ln ( δ 18 O + 1 ) with λ RL = 0.5229) of CO2 in the lowest 500 m of the atmosphere is 39.6 per meg, which is ∼20 per meg lower than estimates from existing box models. We compare our model results with a measured stratospheric Δ17O in CO2 profile from Sodankylä (Finland), which shows good agreement. In addition, we compare our model results with tropospheric measurements of Δ17O in CO2 from Göttingen (Germany) and Taipei (Taiwan), which shows some agreement but we also find substantial discrepancies that are subsequently discussed. Finally, we show model results for Zotino (Russia), Mauna Loa (United States), Manaus (Brazil), and South Pole, which we propose as possible locations for future measurements of Δ17O in tropospheric CO2 that can help to further increase our understanding of the global budget of Δ17O in atmospheric CO2.
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- Gerbrand Koren
- Meteorology and Air Quality GroupWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK‐TRO)Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruheGermany
- Now at Zentrum für Sonnenenergie‐ und Wasserstoff‐Forschung Baden‐Württemberg (ZSW)StuttgartGermany
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- Earth System Research LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
- Now at Faculty of ScienceVU University AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Meteorology and Air Quality GroupWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Atmospheric Chemistry DepartmentMax‐Planck Institute for ChemistryMainzGermany
- Institute of Global Climate and Ecology of Roshydromet and RASMoscowRussia
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- Institute of Marine and Atmospheric ResearchUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Institute of Marine and Atmospheric ResearchUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
- Now at Picarro B.V. 's‐HertogenboschThe Netherlands
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- Institute of Global Environmental ChangeXian Jiaotong UniversityXianChina
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- Meteorology and Air Quality GroupWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- Institute of Marine and Atmospheric ResearchUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Institute of Marine and Atmospheric ResearchUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Meteorology and Air Quality GroupWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
- Centre for Isotope ResearchUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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Laskar AH, Peethambaran R, Adnew GA, Röckmann T. Measurement of 18 O 18 O and 17 O 18 O in atmospheric O 2 using the 253 Ultra mass spectrometer and applications to stratospheric and tropospheric air samples. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33:981-994. [PMID: 30883968 PMCID: PMC6594091 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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RATIONALE The doubly substituted isotopologues (e.g., 18 O18 O, 17 O18 O) in atmospheric O2 are potential tracers for ozone photochemistry and atmospheric temperatures. Their low abundances and isobaric interference are the major analytical challenges. The 253 Ultra high-resolution stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer is suitable for resolving isobaric interferences. METHODS O2 from air is purified using gas chromatography on a packed column filled with molecular sieve 5 Å and cooled to -78°C. The δ17 O, δ18 O, Δ17 O, Δ35 and Δ36 values are measured on the extracted O2 with the 253 Ultra at medium mass resolution (M/ΔM ~10000) using Faraday detectors for the singly substituted isotopologues and ion counters for the doubly substituted isotopologues. RESULTS Interferences from isobars, mainly 35 Cl for 17 O18 O and H35 Cl and 36 Ar for 18 O18 O, are sufficiently resolved to enable high-precision determination of Δ35 and Δ36 . The Δ35 and Δ36 values of O2 after photochemical isotope equilibration at -63°C and heating to 850°C agree with the theoretical prediction. The stratospheric Δ35 and Δ36 values are close to isotopic equilibrium at the ambient temperatures. However, the values for tropospheric O2 differ from those expected at equilibrium. CONCLUSIONS The 253 Ultra allows interference-free clumped isotope measurements of O2 at medium mass resolution. The Δ35 and Δ36 signatures in atmospheric O2 are mainly governed by O3 photochemistry, temperature and atmospheric transport. Tropospheric O2 is isotopically well mixed and retains a significant stratospheric signature.
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- Amzad H. Laskar
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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Simultaneous analysis of carbon dioxide isotopologues involved in the isotope exchange between the doubly substituted 13C16O18O molecule and 12C16O2 has become an exciting new tool for geochemical, atmospheric and paleoclimatic research with applications ranging from stratospheric chemistry to carbonate-based geothermometry studies. Full exploitation of this isotope proxy and thermometer is limited due to time consuming and costly analysis using mass spectrometric instrumentation. Here, we present an all optical clumped CO2 isotopologue thermometer with capability for rapid analysis and simplified sample preparation. The current development also provides the option for analysis of additional multiply-substituted isotopologues, such as 12C18O2. Since the instrument unambiguously measures all isotopologues of the 12C16O2 + 13C16O18O \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$\rightleftharpoons $$\end{document}⇌ 13C16O2 + 12C16O18O exchange, its equilibrium constant and the corresponding temperature are measured directly. Being essentially independent of the isotope composition of the calibration gas, an uncalibrated working reference is sufficient and usage of international calibration standards is obsolete. Other isotopologues and molecules can be accessed using the methodology, opening up new avenues in isotope research. Here we demonstrate the high-precision performance of the instrument with first gas temperature measurements of carbon dioxide samples from geothermal sources.
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Laskar AH, Lin L, Jiang X, Liang M. Distribution of CO 2 in Western Pacific, Studied Using Isotope Data Made in Taiwan, OCO-2 Satellite Retrievals, and CarbonTracker Products. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2018; 5:827-842. [PMID: 30775410 PMCID: PMC6360507 DOI: 10.1029/2018ea000415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To assess sources and processes that affect the variability of CO2 at local to regional scales, we have analyzed the mixing ratio [CO2] and stable isotopic compositions (δ13C and δ18O) of atmospheric CO2 for three years (2014-2016) in urban and sub-urban areas in Taipei, Taiwan. The data are compared with those from some background sites, viz., Lulin, Mauna Loa, and Minamitorishima, to evaluate how local emissions affect CO2 level regionally. [CO2] over the urban and sub-urban stations are significantly higher than that observed at the three aforementioned remote sites mainly due to local emissions, which partly mask the seasonal cycle caused by photosynthesis and respiration. Likewise, significantly low δ13C and δ18O values observed at two Taipei stations also point to anthropogenic emissions. The seasonal cycles in [CO2] and in the isotopic compositions are retrieved using the ensemble empirical mode decomposition method. Regional impact is assessed using CO2 products from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite, the NOAA/EARL CarbonTracker project, and meteorological data from European Centre for Medium range Weather Forecast-Interim. We found that besides local emissions, Taiwan is largely affected by external CO2 in winter and spring originated from north, west and southwest landmasses. In winter air masses with elevated CO2 concentrations, originated in eastern China influence Taipei. In spring season, about 2 ppmv enhancement in CO2 observed at the top of Lulin, a high mountain station (2.8 km), could be linked to CO2 produced by biomass burning in the southeast Asian countries and transported to the region by easterly winds.
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- Amzad H. Laskar
- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
- Now at Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research UtrechtUtrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
- Now at Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
- Now at Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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Liang MC, Mahata S, Laskar AH, Thiemens MH, Newman S. Oxygen isotope anomaly in tropospheric CO 2 and implications for CO 2 residence time in the atmosphere and gross primary productivity. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13180. [PMID: 29030617 PMCID: PMC5640618 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12774-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The abundance variations of near surface atmospheric CO2 isotopologues (primarily 16O12C16O, 16O13C16O, 17O12C16O, and 18O12C16O) represent an integrated signal from anthropogenic/biogeochemical processes, including fossil fuel burning, biospheric photosynthesis and respiration, hydrospheric isotope exchange with water, and stratospheric photochemistry. Oxygen isotopes, in particular, are affected by the carbon and water cycles. Being a useful tracer that directly probes governing processes in CO2 biogeochemical cycles, Δ17O (=ln(1 + δ17O) - 0.516 × ln(1 + δ18O)) provides an alternative constraint on the strengths of the associated cycles involving CO2. Here, we analyze Δ17O data from four places (Taipei, Taiwan; South China Sea; La Jolla, United States; Jerusalem, Israel) in the northern hemisphere (with a total of 455 measurements) and find a rather narrow range (0.326 ± 0.005‰). A conservative estimate places a lower limit of 345 ± 70 PgC year-1 on the cycling flux between the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere and infers a residence time of CO2 of 1.9 ± 0.3 years (upper limit) in the atmosphere. A Monte Carlo simulation that takes various plant uptake scenarios into account yields a terrestrial gross primary productivity of 120 ± 30 PgC year-1 and soil invasion of 110 ± 30 PgC year-1, providing a quantitative assessment utilizing the oxygen isotope anomaly for quantifying CO2 cycling.
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- Mao-Chang Liang
- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
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