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Climate Update
Eugene C. Cordero
Department 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
www.temperaturetrends.org
2013
Links:
Fossil Fuels in 300 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJJ91SwP8w&list=PLCA0D057399CACE5B
Too big to solve – Colbert
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9839
The New Deniers
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/05/fox-newspeak-those-whoaccept-science-deemed-cl/193500
Congress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUc0D6_UPA&feature=play
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Links:
Reaching for 400
http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
Doubt Tobacco/Climate parallels
http://vimeo.com/29107248
Gigatons
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/07/carbondioxide-doha-information-beautiful
www.sjsu.edu/meteorology/
Climate Change
Keystone
Keystone
Climate Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLZt2ZMouB0&feature=player_embedded
Colbert spill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/colberts-arkansas-oil-spillexxon_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
Los Angeles Basin
Bolivian rain forest
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
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4.
Improve energy efficiency
Electrify transport
Electrify heating
Produce all electricity using renewables
So we have the technology
But here is the challenge…
Carbon Emissions (Gigatons)
1500
Since 1850
Past
Fossil Fuels
How much more can
we safely emit?
(2°C warming)
500
At the current rate
~ 15 years
Estimates Reserves
3000
greenninja.didthis.com
Films
Scripts
Thank You!
Eugene Cordero, Professor
Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
[email protected]
Green Ninja: www.greenninja.org
@ourgreenninja
facebook.com/ourgreenninja
Embodied Energy
Solutions require reductions
in energy use…
Energy is used to make many things…
Apple
Apple
Ipod
1 Energy Unit
100-250 Energy Units
Photo credit: Terry Nathan
Carbon Footprint
of Apple products
MacBook Air -2008
13-inch MacBook Pro
17-inch MacBook Pro
15-inch MackBook Pro
MacBook-2008
iMac (24 inch)-2008
iMac (20 inch)-2008
LED Cinema Display
Mac Pro
Mac Min
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPod nano
iPod touch
iPod shuffle
Bicycle
Burrito
Burrito Enjoyment Index
100
80
60
40
20
0
Carbon Emissions (lbs)
Burrito Showdown
10
8
25 mpg
6
4
2
0
Chicken
Beef
50 mpg
How far can I go on a burrito?
0.6
1.2
21.6
0
5
10
15
Miles
20
25
Emissions?
+
Carbon Emissions per 100 miles
+
3.1
Veggie
+
22.9
Beef
66.2
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
Pounds of CO2
80.0
Energy
Housing
Food
Transport
Stuff