TOMSK, Jul
2 – RIA Tomsk. Scientists from University of York are planning to find out
whether the Vasyugan Swamp will fully cool the Earth in the future; they
studied peat bogs at the station of Tomsk State University (TSU), located at
the Vasyugan Swamp, and used local innovative equipment for data collection,
the press service of the university said on Monday.
It is
specified that Tomsk and British scientists visited the Vasyugan Swamp, where
the stationary research station of TSU is located. British experts studied peat
bogs, which absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere – carbon and methane –
and play an important role in cooling the planet.
"The
researchers carried out a sampling of the upper layers of peat (at the Vasyugan
Swamp). At University of York they will be botanically analyzed and examined
for amoebic tests with a silicon shell which remains in the peat for a long
time. The scientists will assess what the carbon concentration was over the
last 150-200 years, how the climate was changing and what was the response of
the water level to these events", – is said in the statement.
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It is added
that the British scientists plan to make a forecast, whether peat bogs will be
able to be full-fledged "refrigerators" of the Earth in the future.
It is noted that for the first time in its practice foreign specialists used
the Tomsk innovative IT-product, which greatly simplified the work on sampling.
"Usually
in expedition to fix the data it is necessary to use notepad and camera. Now
colleagues could put all the data into the tablet on which the SISGEO program
is installed. It automatically maps the territory, makes binding of points of
selection by coordinates and time using GPS. At the output there is almost
ready report", – the director of the BioClimLand Centre of Excellence
Sergey Kirpotin is quoted.
It is added
that scientists will draw the final conclusions on the basis of information
gathered in different parts of the world – in Alaska, Kamchatka and in Western
Siberia and other regions: "Emphasis will be made on reconstruction of
paleoecological data on the largest and poorly studied objects, one of which is
the Vasyugan Swamp".
© предоставлено Сергеем КирпотинымBritish scientists explored Vasyugan Swamp
© предоставлено Сергеем КирпотинымBritish scientists explored Vasyugan Swamp
© предоставлено Сергеем КирпотинымBritish scientists explored Vasyugan Swamp