Authors :
Nitesh Rout
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 11 - November
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Abstract :
Anthropogenic activities like deforestation,
industrialization has led to serious deterioration in
environmental quality resulting in global climate change.
Delhi being the National Capital Territory of India,
contributes a lot in terms of atmospheric pollution emitted
from various sources. Climate change is an issue of global
concern. IPCC have predicted the increase in Earth’s
temperature by 1.5˚C in coming 5 years. Carbon being the
main reason behind all the climatic issues, that can be
naturally sequestrated by plants. Many studies have
revealed that many tree species are capable of storing
large amount of atmospheric carbon through
photosynthesis, and the amount of carbon stored is
majorly depends on the biomass of the plant. With an
increase in natural disasters and problems associated with
climate change, it is very important to find a solution to
combat climate change. Trees and shrubs being the
largest terrestrial carbon sink can help in mitigating
global climate change. This paper compared the total
carbon stored by 3242 trees belonging to 25 different
species taken from three different regions of Delhi - NCR
and 1510 shrubs belonging to 8 different species taken
from an urban setup of Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, and
providing an alternative and feasible prospective to
effectively increase carbon sequestration in urban areas
by adopting vertical gardening method.
Keywords :
Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Sequestration, Trees, Biomass, Shrubs, Vertical Garden.
Anthropogenic activities like deforestation,
industrialization has led to serious deterioration in
environmental quality resulting in global climate change.
Delhi being the National Capital Territory of India,
contributes a lot in terms of atmospheric pollution emitted
from various sources. Climate change is an issue of global
concern. IPCC have predicted the increase in Earth’s
temperature by 1.5˚C in coming 5 years. Carbon being the
main reason behind all the climatic issues, that can be
naturally sequestrated by plants. Many studies have
revealed that many tree species are capable of storing
large amount of atmospheric carbon through
photosynthesis, and the amount of carbon stored is
majorly depends on the biomass of the plant. With an
increase in natural disasters and problems associated with
climate change, it is very important to find a solution to
combat climate change. Trees and shrubs being the
largest terrestrial carbon sink can help in mitigating
global climate change. This paper compared the total
carbon stored by 3242 trees belonging to 25 different
species taken from three different regions of Delhi - NCR
and 1510 shrubs belonging to 8 different species taken
from an urban setup of Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, and
providing an alternative and feasible prospective to
effectively increase carbon sequestration in urban areas
by adopting vertical gardening method.
Keywords :
Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Sequestration, Trees, Biomass, Shrubs, Vertical Garden.
