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Evening Keynote SpeechGordon M. Groat , PhD (abd) , MSc (hon), BGS, Asc (hon)

Global Climate ChangeCO2

Orbital Eccentricity

Axial TiltPrecisionVolcanic ActivityAerosolsCloudsVapourMethane

32 tera FLOPS – i.e. 32 trillion floating point operations per second

One of the biggest Supercomputer Farms is NEC’s Earth Simulator

Another look at Earth Simulator

Solar activity & Orbital Centricity

Eccentricity Axial Tilt Precession

Milankovitch Cyclesand Glaciation

Volcanic Activity

NASA image 3 years after eruption

Glacial Deterioration

South Cascade Glacier

Glacial Deterioration

Grinnell Glacier in 1940

BEFORE: Grinnell Glacier taken from the Grinnell Glacier Overlook off the Highline Trail, Glacier National Park. The view of Grinnell Glacier taken circa 1940 shows the early formation of Upper Grinnell Lake, a pro-glacier lake visible at the terminus of the glacier.

Glacial Deterioration

Grinnel Glacier in 2005AFTER: The lake continues to enlarge as the glacier recedes. Icebergs can be seen floating in Upper Grinnell Lake in this photo taken in 2005.

Glacial Deterioration

Polar Deterioration

CO2 is a greenhouse gas

CO2 Ice Core Data

Image of Global Carbon Sinks

Why is this important for Canada and the United States?

USA

Canada

ChinaAll Earth Emissions

(after top 10 countries)

2007 Emissions Per Capita

Why China, Russia, and India talk “per capita”

They’re not on the list!

Gross Tonnageas of 2006

#1 – China#2 - USA#3 - Russia#4 – India#5 - Japan

GHG Global Emissions

Canada and AlbertaLargest Scale CO2 Facility in Canada

Alberta Investment•431 million over the next 15 years•$5 million for front-end engineering and design

Government of Canada investment• $343 million

Canada and AlbertaLong Term Plans

•1.1 million tonnes of CO2 sequestered at Scotford Upgrader•(865 million investment by Alberta – EOR value add)

•Alberta will sequester 140 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050•Canada will sequester 600 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050

CO2 footprint reductionAlberta Synthetic Crude produced with a smaller footprint than a barrel of Saudi Light

CO2 Sequestration

Alberta Carbon Trunk Line

40,000 tonnes per day of capacity

330,000 cars off the road up front2,600,000 cars off the road at capacity

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