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Toward Climate Stability: Understanding the Impact of Carbon Emissions

Explore the profound effects of climate change and the urgent need for action to combat rising CO2 levels. Discover how global temperatures are projected to increase significantly and the implications for our ecosystems, oceans, and future generations. Learn about the critical importance of reducing carbon emissions and adopting sustainable practices to achieve climate stability. This presentation sheds light on the pressing environmental challenges we face and the transformative changes required to safeguard our planet for future sustainability.

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Toward Climate Stability: Understanding the Impact of Carbon Emissions

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  1. Climate Change (and You) Mark van Soestbergen ICBE CBI VeteransApril 12, 2006

  2. Your war my geography lesson

  3. Carbon Dioxide Intercepts infrared waves going into space

  4. Gasoline is 85.5% carbon 1 gallon of conventional gasoline becomes172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO2

  5. 1 foot of pure CO2 per year Every year, the United States produces enough CO2 to cover its entire land surface, including Alaska and Hawaii, with 1 foot of pure CO2.

  6. Image courtesySeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE 01-11-2002

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

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

  9. Fabian, Sep, 2003

  10. Global Climate Changechanges everything • CO2 changes plant behavior • Increases temperature of the atmosphere,the earth’s crust and the oceans • Affects global hydro cycle

  11. Expected sea level increase 21st Century: + 1.2 meter Florida + 5 meter, unavoidable w/out action Courtesy: PBS

  12. The atmosphere now holds 30% more carbon than a century ago. Humanemission rate in billiontC/yr 8 equilibrium Earth absorption ratein billiontC/yr 4.7 de-carbonization pathway time Latent atmospheric Carbon isabout 188 billion ton

  13. 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: • www.icbe.com/about/uf/lectures/index.htm • Mark van Soestbergenmark@icbe.com • 352 367 1144 tel • 352 335 9140 fax • Toward Climate Stability™

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