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Climate Update

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.

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Climate Update

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  1. Climate Update Eugene C. Cordero Department of Meteorology San José State University, California

  2. 2012 Review

  3. Weather vs. Climate Ratio of record breaking warm days to record breaking cold days

  4. 2011 Weather Extremes 14 weather and climate disasters over $1 billion or more in damage

  5. 2012 Weather Extremes Over $100 Billion in Weather Related Disasters

  6. www.temperaturetrends.org

  7. 2013

  8. Links:Fossil Fuels in 300 secondshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&list=PLCA0D057399CACE5BToo big to solve – Colberthttp://www.bradblog.com/?p=9839The New Deniershttp://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/05/fox-newspeak-those-who-accept-science-deemed-cl/193500Congress:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUc0D6_UPA&feature=player_embedded

  9. Links: Reaching for 400http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Doubt Tobacco/Climate parallelshttp://vimeo.com/29107248Gigatonshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/07/carbon-dioxide-doha-information-beautiful www.sjsu.edu/meteorology/

  10. Climate ChangeKeystone

  11. 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-spill-exxon_n_3071539.html Do the Math Movie: (minute 10:00) http://act.350.org/signup/math-movie/

  12. Tell a story (1 paragraph) about fossil fuels and the connection with climate change using the following chart.

  13. Why is our Climate Changing?

  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  15. Land use change Los Angeles Basin Bolivian rain forest

  16. Changes in the sun Volcanic eruptions

  17. 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)

  18. Links: FAQ - why is the climate changing: www.greenninja.org/teachers.html

  19. Technology Social

  20. A Technology-Based Plan Improve energy efficiency Electrify transport Electrify heating Produce all electricity using renewables

  21. So we have the technology But here is the challenge…

  22. Carbon Emissions (Gigatons) How much more can we safely emit? (2°C warming) 500 1500 At the current rate ~ 15 years Since 1850 Past Fossil Fuels Estimates Reserves 3000

  23. greenninja.didthis.com

  24. Films

  25. Scripts

  26. Thank You! Eugene Cordero, Professor Department of Meteorology and Climate Science eugene.cordero@sjsu.edu Green Ninja: www.greenninja.org @ourgreenninja facebook.com/ourgreenninja

  27. Embodied Energy

  28. Solutions require reductions in energy use…

  29. Energy is used to make many things…

  30. Apple Apple Ipod 1 Energy Unit 100-250 Energy Units Photo credit: Terry Nathan

  31. Carbon Footprint of Apple products MacBook Air -2008 13-inch MacBook Pro 17-inch MacBook Pro 15-inch MackBook ProMacBook-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

  32. Bicycle Burrito

  33. Burrito Enjoyment Index

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