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

UF BCN 1582August 29, 2006

Mark van SoestbergenICBE

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

Humans add about 25 billion tonne Humans add about 25 billion tonne carbon dioxidecarbon dioxide

to the atmosphere each yearto the atmosphere each year

We are here

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

Summer Arctic Sea Summer Arctic Sea IceIce

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenland is Greenland is meltingmelting

NY Times June 8, 2004

Summers will be scorchersSummers will be scorchers

These maps show the projected increase in average daily July heat index relative to the present. The largest increases are in the southeastern states, where the models projects increases of more than 25°F.

A July day in Atlanta that now reaches 105°F would reach 115°F in the Hadley model, and 130°F in the Canadian model.

Fabian, Sep, 2003

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

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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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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