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Algal Communities: An Answer to Global Climate Change
Author(s) -
Asadian Mehrdad,
Fakheri Barat A.,
Mahdinezhad Nafiseh,
Gharanjik Shahrokh,
Beardal John,
Talebi Ahmad F.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clean – soil, air, water
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1863-0669
pISSN - 1863-0650
DOI - 10.1002/clen.201800032
Subject(s) - climate change , environmental science , ecosystem , biorefinery , carbon sequestration , greenhouse gas , marine ecosystem , climate change mitigation , global warming , salinity , global change , algae , ecology , renewable energy , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , carbon dioxide , biology , economics , biofuel
Human activities and resultant changes in global climate have profound consequences for ecosystems and economic and social systems, including those that are dependent upon marine systems. The increasing concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) has resulted in gradual modification of multiple aspects of marine ecosystem properties such as salinity, temperature, and pH. It is well known that temporal and spatial variations in environmental properties determine the composition and abundance of different algal populations in a region. Within the present study the evidence for algal compatibility to changing environmental conditions is surveyed. The unique ability of algal communities to play a role in promotion of CO 2 sequestration technologies, biorefinery approaches, as well as transition to CO 2 ‐neutral renewable energy has gained traction with environmentalists and economists in a view to mitigation of climate change using algae. The next step is to re‐evaluate the assumption of a steady‐state oceanic carbon cycle and the role of biological activities in response to future climate changes.