Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

1Zamolodchikov Dmitry

1 Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of Russian Ademy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia

1E-mail: dzamolod@cepl.rssi.ru

Abstract. The article presents an interview of the deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Environmental, Earth and Energy Study K. Degtyarev with a Doctor of Biological Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Center for Ecology and Forest Productivity of Russian Academy of Sciences Dmitry Zamolodchikov. Topics under discussion: carbon balance in the environment and methods for its assessment, causes of climate change, observation of greenhouse gas emissions, creation of carbon polygons and farms in Russia.

Keywords: forest, carbon, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, climate, climate change, carbon polygons, carbon farms.