climate change (and you) cbi veterans april 12, 2006 mark van soestbergen icbe
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Climate Change Climate Change (and You)(and You)
CBI VeteransApril 12, 2006
Mark van SoestbergenICBE
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Your war my geography lessonYour war my geography lesson
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Carbon DioxideCarbon Dioxide
Intercepts infrared waves going into space
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Gasoline is 85.5% carbonGasoline is 85.5% carbon
1 gallon of conventional gasoline becomes172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO2
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Every year, the United States produces enough CO2 to cover its Every year, the United States produces enough CO2 to cover its entire land surface, including Alaska and Hawaii, with 1 foot of pure entire land surface, including Alaska and Hawaii, with 1 foot of pure
CO2.CO2.
1 foot of pure CO2 per year1 foot of pure CO2 per year
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Image courtesySeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
01-11-2002
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We are here
Globally, temperatures are projected to rise an additional 2 – 5°C in the 21st Century
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The oceans have absorbed about 30 times more heat than the atmosphere since 1955
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Fabian, Sep, 2003
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Global Climate ChangeGlobal Climate Changechanges everythingchanges everything
CO2 changes plant behavior
Increases temperature of the atmosphere,the earth’s crust and the oceans
Affects global hydro cycle
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Expected sea level increase 21st Century:+ 1.2 meter
Florida + 5 meter, unavoidable w/out action
Courtesy: PBS
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The atmosphere now holds 30% more The atmosphere now holds 30% more carbon than a century ago.carbon than a century ago.
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4.7
Humanemission rate in billiontC/yr
time
equilibrium
Latent atmospheric Carbon isabout 188 billion ton
Earth absorption ratein billiontC/yr de-carbonization pathway
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-Nice meeting all of you!
"we must arrange a complete industrial change-out in 30 years and plant 10,000,000 km2 of trees by 2010"
this presentation can be downloaded from:
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Mark van [email protected]
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