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Climate Update
Eugene C. CorderoDepartment of Meteorology
San José State University, California
2012 Review
Weather vs. Climate
Ratio of record breaking warm days to record breaking cold days
2011 Weather Extremes
14 weather and climate disasters over $1 billion or more in damage
2012 Weather Extremes
Over $100 Billion in Weather Related Disasters
2013
Links:Fossil Fuels in 300 secondshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&list=PLCA0D057399CACE5B
Too big to solve – Colberthttp://www.bradblog.com/?p=9839
The New Deniershttp://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/05/fox-newspeak-those-who-accept-science-deemed-cl/193500
Congress:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUc0D6_UPA&feature=player_embedded
Links:
Reaching for 400http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
Doubt Tobacco/Climate parallelshttp://vimeo.com/29107248
Gigatonshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/07/carbon-dioxide-doha-information-beautiful
www.sjsu.edu/meteorology/
Climate Change
Keystone
KeystoneClimate Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLZt2ZMouB0&feature=player_embedded
Colbert spill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/colberts-arkansas-oil-spill-exxon_n_3071539.
html
Do the Math Movie: (minute 10:00)
http://act.350.org/signup/math-movie/
15
Tell a story (1 paragraph) about fossil fuels and the connection with climate change using the following chart.
Why is our Climate Changing?
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Land use change
Bolivian rain forest
Los Angeles Basin
Changes in the sun
Volcanic eruptions
Is there evidence that humans are responsible for the
warming?
Radiative forcing (Energy Bookkeeping)
Patterns of climate change (Fingerprints)
Global climate models (Predict the past)
Links:
FAQ - why is the climate changing:
www.greenninja.org/teachers.html
Technology
Social
A Technology-Based Plan
1. Improve energy efficiency2. Electrify transport3. Electrify heating4. Produce all electricity using renewables
So we have the technology
But here is the challenge…
Carbon Emissions (Gigatons)
Since 1850
1500How much more can
we safely emit? (2°C warming)
PastFossil Fuels
Estimates Reserves3000
500
At the current rate ~ 15 years
greenninja.didthis.com
Films
Scripts
Thank You!
Eugene Cordero, ProfessorDepartment of Meteorology and Climate [email protected]
Green Ninja: [email protected]/ourgreenninja
Embodied Energy
Solutions require reductions in energy use…
Energy is used to make many things…
Apple
1 Energy Unit100-250 Energy
Units
Photo credit: Terry Nathan
Apple Ipod
MacBook Air -2008 13-inch MacBook Pro 17-inch MacBook Pro 15-inch MackBook Pro MacBook-2008iMac (24 inch)-2008 iMac (20 inch)-2008 LED Cinema DisplayMac Pro Mac Min iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS iPod nano iPod touch iPod shuffle
Carbon Footprint of Apple products
Bicycle
Burrito
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Chicken Beef0
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25 mpg
50 mpg
Burrito Showdown
How far can I go on a burrito?
0 5 10 15 20 25
21.6
1.2
0.6
Miles
+
Emissions?
Carbon Emissions per 100 miles
+Veggie
+Beef
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0
66.2
22.9
3.1
Pounds of CO2
Transport
Energy
Food
Housing
Stuff
