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Measuring Carbon Dioxide Flux in Highway Buffer Zones
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open in viewerOrganic material and grasses have different potentials for carbon uptake. By redesigning roadway buffer zones with materials that have large carbon fluxes, a reduction of excess carbon in the atmosphere can occur. A Licor 8100-A mobile carbon dioxide testing unit was used to measure the carbon dioxide flux of various materials. Our results show that using a combination of different organic materials to create a carbon dioxide-absorbing buffer zone will take up a significant amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. By implementing buffer zones that help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can potentially help in the efforts to combat global warming.
- This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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- E-project-042417-112229
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- 2017
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- 2017-04-24
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