BIOL 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Atmospheric Methane, Cowspiracy, Northwest Passage
18 Oct 2016
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Climate panel cites near certainty on warming: report. Impact of burning fossil fuels, especially the last few decades: biggest assembly of scientists (intergovernmental panel on climate change) are convinced that human activity is the primary influence on planetary warming. Atmospheric co2 concentration has exploded since the start of the industrial revolution, especially during the "great acceleration" Canada and australia are almost as much as us, on a per person basis: cumulative emissions (impact each country has had) on carbon footprint: us is ahead of everyone and european union. Especially been able to enjoy the civilization, technology luxuries that oil can give. Coal burning causes the greatest co2 emission: lpg is liquefied petroleum, coal is especially dirty, much more greenhouse emissions. We still have a lot of coal left (200 years). It is the fastest way to global warm. Maybe we can capture the emissions and store it underground.
