Wei Li
Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Title: Carbon footprint for human activities on Antarctic: A review
Biography
Biography: Wei Li
Abstract
The Antarctic affects global climate change and environmental safety greatly. With the human activities increasing, the influence on ecological environment is proliferating and migrating between different levels. Carbon footprint (CF) is nowadays one of the most widely used environmental indicators. Given the uniqueness of Antarctic, this work defines the carbon footprint for human actives on Antarctic based on connotation presented by formers. The calculation methods of carbon footprint were discussed according to the principles of life cycle assessments. The mixed life cycle analyses (MLCA)were presented to calculated the carbon footprint accurately. The MLCA method combines the input-output analysis with bottom –up analysis and employ the advantage of each one. The driving factors were discussed influencing the formation of carbon footprint of human activities on Antarctic. The meta analyses were used and nearly all studies about carbon footprint for Antarctic were investigated. Lastly, this study put some efforts to establish benign mankind activities in the Antarctic by the study of the behavior of mankind activities.