CO2 tower to study climate change

so that a model can be derived at to deal with the emerging scenario.

Such towers are installed away from the populated areas. The variations in emanation and exchange of CO2 has become an important field of research over the years.

The Dean of IIRS V K Dadhwal says,We want to install more such towers in the state with the help of our partners. A tower is being planned in Barkot near Rishikesh in the near future.

The idea is to study the CO2 exchange in various types of forest cover. Haldwani has a large plantation area. Similarly,Rishikesh has a unique homogenous forest cover. A similar tower has been planned in Madhya Pradesh to study CO2 exchange in teak forests.

The tower in Uttarakhand is learnt to be equipped with four types of sensors,which monitor the degree of CO2 said to be responsible for global warming.

India took the first step towards developing a plan to tackle the effects of global warming and assess its own greenhouse gas emissions,in July 2008.