Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
19-4-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
19-4-2019 4:45 PM
Keywords
carbon dioxide, forest, mitigation
Biography
Nicholas Beaty, originally from St. Marys, West Virginia, is a senior working towards his Bachelor's of Science in the Geography program with an emphasis in Meteorology. After finishing his undergraduate program, Nicholas plans to attend graduate school to pursue a career in Weather Forecasting. In his spare time, Nicholas enjoys listening to music, playing sports (especially soccer) with his friends, and learning new languages.
Major
Geography, B.S.
Advisor for this project
Dr. Jonathan Kozar
Abstract
Climate change has become a controversial topic on a global scale and has been subject to many debates of how to combat the rising carbon dioxide levels that many argue is causing the Earth’s global temperature to increase. A proposed solution to lower carbon dioxide levels lays right at our feet, as the presence of trees have been acknowledged to mitigate carbon dioxide levels in forested areas. Carbon dioxide mitigation has been a natural response from Earth to lower the carbon dioxide levels by trees being able to absorb the carbon dioxide around them, the effect being amplified more in areas with more forest cover compared to the rest of Earth. With forest cover increasing in areas including countries in the European Union, these areas could provide the knowledge to prove these claims true or false using statistical analyses. By taking yearly data from the EU, from 1990 through 2014, this research project tested these claims, with correlation results indicating an inverse relationship between forest cover and carbon dioxide levels.
Does Forest Area within Countries Mitigate Carbon Dioxide Levels?
Climate change has become a controversial topic on a global scale and has been subject to many debates of how to combat the rising carbon dioxide levels that many argue is causing the Earth’s global temperature to increase. A proposed solution to lower carbon dioxide levels lays right at our feet, as the presence of trees have been acknowledged to mitigate carbon dioxide levels in forested areas. Carbon dioxide mitigation has been a natural response from Earth to lower the carbon dioxide levels by trees being able to absorb the carbon dioxide around them, the effect being amplified more in areas with more forest cover compared to the rest of Earth. With forest cover increasing in areas including countries in the European Union, these areas could provide the knowledge to prove these claims true or false using statistical analyses. By taking yearly data from the EU, from 1990 through 2014, this research project tested these claims, with correlation results indicating an inverse relationship between forest cover and carbon dioxide levels.
