Climate Change Climate Change (and You)(and You)

CBI VeteransApril 12, 2006

Mark van SoestbergenICBE

Your war my geography lessonYour war my geography lesson

Carbon DioxideCarbon Dioxide

Intercepts infrared waves going into space

Gasoline is 85.5% carbonGasoline is 85.5% carbon

                                                                                                

1 gallon of conventional gasoline becomes172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO2

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

Image courtesySeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

01-11-2002

We are here

Globally, temperatures are projected to rise an additional 2 – 5°C in the 21st Century

The oceans have absorbed about 30 times more heat than the atmosphere since 1955

Fabian, Sep, 2003

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

Expected sea level increase 21st Century:+ 1.2 meter

Florida + 5 meter, unavoidable w/out action

Courtesy: PBS

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

-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"

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