1. Calculating Stored Carbon in ‘Our Dear Green Place’
Physical Geography Project
Calculating Stored Carbon in ‘Our Dear Green Place’

2. Introduction Kelvingrove Park, quadrat 2 (100x100m) 10.10.11
Purpose – To calculate the carbon stored within trees amongst our quadrant
The amount of carbon in urban landscapes previously been unquantified

3. Method
Equipment used – Handheld GPS, measuring tape, surveying pole, map, data table
Assigned each tree a unique id
Located the tree using the gps and plotted this on the map
Measured circumference of the tree trunk at 1.4m height
Overall we measured 68 trees

6. Results and Interpretation
average carbon/tree (Kg) = average CO2 sequestered/tree (Kg) = Total Stored Carbon = kg Total CO2 sequestered = kg

7. Results and Interpretation
Equations used based on Martin et al:
log10M= xlog10D
Here M = dry mass and D = diameter of tree trunk at 1.4m high
45% of dry mass of trees comes from carbon
Each kg of dried tree stores 0.45kg of C, it removes 1.65kg of CO2 from the atmosphere.

8. Discussion Relevance of a local study on a global scale
Glasgow’s known as the greenest city in the UK
Comparison to other green urban areas – Pollock Park.
Comparison to other global carbon sinks – Amazon
Advantages of protecting carbon storage

9. Conclusion
Total amount of carbon stored in the 68 trees measured kg
Limitations of field study
Significance of urban carbon sinks
Contrast between urban carbon storage and rural carbon storage