ENVS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Svante Arrhenius, Permafrost, Kyoto Protocol

• School: York University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENVS 1000
• Professor: Anita Lam

Document Summary

Then basically you will have 2-3 c of warming of the earth. = 240 watt /m2 heat left on earth. Carbon cycle: co2 = carbon in coal and natural gas, carbon in oil, carbon in limestone. Carbon dioxide in plants + photosynthesis = carbon in soil = roack formation. Dissolved in sea water = absorption by organisms = carbon in limestone (chalk) and dolomite = marine deposit. Some carbon goes down into soil, some taken by ocean into deep ocean. Co2 + h2o = carbonic acid = it attacks rocks. More co2 = more acidification of rain, more sedimentation in ocean, big limestone cliffs are the output of sucked in co2 sucked into the earth/water. Enso from graph = south american anomalies. Arctic waters are becoming warmer as light reflects of the white ice. Houses are sinking by melting of permafrost, aka sinkhole. Permafrost (co2 and methane) is given off when it melts.