Abstract
Solid waste of the automobile industry containing large amounts of heavy metals might affect the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) when applied to the soil. Accumulation of inorganic chemical elements in the environment generally occurs due to human activity (industry, agriculture, mining and waste landfills). Residues from human activities may release heavy metals to the soil solution, causing toxicity to plants and other soil organisms. Heavy metals may also be adsorbed to clay minerals and/or complexed by the soil organic matter, becoming a potential source of pollutants. Not much is known about the behavior of solid wastes in tropical soil as regarded as source of greenhouse gases (GHG). The emission of GHG (CO2, CH4 and N2O) was evaluated in incubated soil samples collected in an area contaminated with a solid residue from an automobile industry. Samples were randomly collected at 0 to 0.2 m (a mix of soil and residue), 0.2 to 0.4 m (only residue) and 0.4 to 0.6 m (only soil). A contiguous uncontaminated area, cultivated with sugarcane, was also sampled following the same protocol. Canonical Discriminant Analysis and Principal Component Analysis were applied to the data to evaluate the GHG emission rates. Emission rates of GHG were greater in the samples from the contaminated than the sugarcane area, particularly high during the first days of incubation. CO2 emissions were greater in samples collected at the upper layer for both areas, while CH4 and N2O emissions were similar in all samples. The emission rates of CH4 were the most efficient variables to differentiate contaminated and uncontaminated areas.
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To Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) and to Petrobras, for the MSc. grants to the first and third authors, respectively. To Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), for the research grant for the second and fifth authors. To FAPESP, for the post-doc grant for the fourth author.
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Nogueirol, R.C., Alleoni, L.R.F., Fracetto, F.J.C. et al. Greenhouse gases emission from soil contaminated with automobile industry residue in Brazil. Plant Soil 333, 315–323 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0346-x
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