Investigating the Soil Carbon Storage Dynamic and Sequestration Potentiality in the Tropical Coral Island (St. Martin) of Bay of Bengal
Masud Hassan *
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Mazharul Islam
Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Nazmul Hoda
Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Husna Pia
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Marufa Aktar
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abdur Rahman
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Arafat Hassan
Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Akash Kumar Palit
Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rajon Mohonto
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jahed Al Faysal
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Jashim Uddin
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
With a limited amount of carbon storage, Saint Martin Island possesses a very unique soil and environmental characteristics. It needed to be documented about the carbon and organic matter percentage years ago for the proper measurement of carbon sequestration but the work was not completed. As the investigation started to collect the data, the experiment faced many obstacles at every stages because the information we needed was too less to conduct any experiment. We see that SOC (soil organic carbon) densities vary widely among various soil depths and various locations. Different land types and land use requires different carbon storage. The percentage of organic matter count and carbon storage in this Island is typically lower than other parts of the Bangladesh. The MAT (Medication-Assisted Treatment) and MAP framework was included with the variable climatic conditions which made a conclusion that the environmental impact and consequences are needed to be estimated for the improvement of soil condition and betterment of future research. With the analysis of carbon storage, we included some information about soil bulk density, wet soil mass and dry soil mass, and carbon stock indifferent vertical scale that may lead to better understanding about carbon storage and sequestration potentiality of that place in the future which may open a new windows of knowledge of carbon storage flux and global warming. To determine the degree of carbon sequestration in this Island a large number of proper experiments are needed to be done.
Keywords: Saint Martin Coral Island, changing environment, global warming, soil carbon sequestration, vertical carbon storage