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Climate Change perspectives from the North. Sea Ice. 1979. Summer Sea Ice. NASA. 4. 1979 - 1999 average. Summer Sea Ice. NASA. 5. 2004. Summer Sea Ice. NASA. 6. 2005. Summer Sea Ice. NASA. 7. 2006. Summer Sea Ice. NASA. 8. 2007. Summer Sea Ice. NASA. 9. 2008. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Climate Change perspectives from the North
Sea Ice
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Winter Sea IceTrends
take home messages
Arctic sea ice- is melting- is melting fast- will impact the globe
Atmosphere
Global Mean Temperature
data source: NASA Goddard Institute
Tem
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Global Mean Temperature
data source: NASA Goddard Institute
Tem
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°C)
130 year trend+0.06 °C / decade
Global Mean Temperature
data source: NASA Goddard Institute
Tem
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°C)
50 year trend+0.15 °C / decade
Global Mean Temperature
data source: NASA Goddard Institute
Tem
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°C)
20 year trend+0.20 °C / decade
Ocean 85%
Atmosphere3%
Soil 4%
Ice 8%
New EnergyStorage
take home messages
Climate change- is here- is significant- more change is expected
What is thecause of climate change?
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Carbon Dioxide Modern Data
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take home messages
Climate change- is caused by the burning
of fossil fuels
- we are all responsible
- we need to shift the energy economy
Energy Economy
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World Oil Pricessource: US Energy Information Administration
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Rough Energy Statistics
Global Mix
35%
30%
20%
5%
10%
Oil
Coal
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Renewables
Cost/ kWh
$.05
$.04
$.04
$.10 - .20
$.04 - .06
$.08
$.30
Oil (Bitumen)
Coal
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Hydro
Wind
Solar (PV)
+$50CO2 Tax
$.06 ($.07)
$.06
$.05
$.10 - .20
$.04 - .06
$.08
$.30
Global GHG emissions by sector source: World Resource Institute CAITsource: from 2000 including land use (CO2eq)
sector end use gas
source: Stats Canada
Canadian Emissions
take home messages
Energy economy- cost of fossil fuels is
rising
- emissions are rising
- we need to shift the energy economy
Moving forward
