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| Carbon-neutral organisms as the new concept in environmental sciences and research prospects |
| Received:November 09, 2021 |
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| KeyWord:carbon neutrality;biological carbon sequestration;geological storage;green governance;sustainable earth |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | ZHOU Qixing | Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China | | LI Xiaojing | Key Laboratory of Original Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China | | OUYANG Shaohu | Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China |
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| Abstract: |
| The goal of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is not only a responsibility and a mission but also an opportunity and a challenge. Today, an increasing number of countries, regions, and individuals are engaged in this goal to create a sustainable future for mankind. The Chinese Government is even more committed to take more powerful policies and measures to reach the peak of CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. In this review, a new concept of "carbon-neutral organisms" was proposed for the first time and its connotation clarified to better and speedily achieve the strategic goal and promote innovative work on carbon neutrality. First, carbon-neutral plants, carbon-neutral microorganisms, carbon-neutral animals, carbon-neutral populations / communities, and carbon- neutral ecosystems were defined, and the classification system of carbon-neutral organisms was deeply expounded. It is necessary to set up biological ecosystems with the function of carbon neutrality, including agricultural carbon-neutral grain crop systems, low-carbon breeding and culturing systems, carbon-neutral wetland ecosystems, carbon-neutral biological symbioses or synergetic systems, and carbon-neutral ecosystems based on environmental remediation, so as to magnify or enhance the carbon-neutral function of living organisms as much as possible. Finally, future research on carbon-neutral organisms and biological carbon sequestration are prospected constructively. |
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