1. Climate Change (and You)
Mark van Soestbergen
ICBE
UF BCN September 1, 2005

3. Carbon Dioxide
Intercepts infrared waves going into space

4. Gasoline is 85.5% carbon
                                                                                                
1 gallon of conventional gasoline becomes 172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO2

5. Humans add about 25 billion tonne carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year

6. Image courtesy SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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

10. Summer Arctic Sea Ice
1979
2000
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

11. Greenland is melting
NY Times June 8, 2004

12. Currents distribute heat

13. Fabian, Sep, 2003

14. Fabian, Sep, 2003

15. Jeanne, Sep, 2004

16. Sea Surface Temp Anomaly, Jun~Sep, 2003

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

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

19. Summers 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.

20. Florida Reversal of summer-wet, winter-dry
Brand new animal, plant and human diseases
Sea level rise
Storms

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

22. Latent atmospheric Carbon is about 188 billion ton
The atmosphere now holds 30% more carbon than a century ago.
Human emission rate in billion tC/yr 8
equilibrium
Earth
absorption rate in billion tC/yr
4.7
de-carbonization pathway
time
Latent atmospheric Carbon is about 188 billion ton

23. U.S. commitment under Kyoto

24. Toward Climate Stability™
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