1. Climate Change (and You)
Mark van Soestbergen
ICBE
UF BCN February 14, 2006

4. Carbon Dioxide
Intercepts infrared waves going into space

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

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

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

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

10. Greenland is melting
NY Times June 8, 2004

11. 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.

12. Fabian, Sep, 2003

13. Fabian, Sep, 2003

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

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

16. 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

17. Toward Climate Stability™
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