Carbon

Question 1

What % of CO2 is stored in plants/algae/coral/water?

Answer 1

93%

Question 2

How much more carbon does the ocean store compared to what is in the atmosphere?

Answer 2

50x more

Question 3

How much carbon reaches the sea floor?

Answer 3

0.1%

Question 4

How much carbon does the ocean sequester each year?

Answer 4

2 billion metric tonnes

Question 5

How much carbon do phytoplankton hold?

Answer 5

3 gigatonnes of carbon

Question 6

How much carbon does the crust contain?

Answer 6

1 million pentagrams

Question 7

How much carbon was released by Efyajokull eruption?

Answer 7

150,000-300,000 tonnes

Question 8

How much carbon does the surface ocean hold?

Answer 8

900 gigatonnes

Question 9

How long does Carbon remain in the atmosphere for?

Answer 9

2000 years

Question 10

What did the IPCC predict the concentration of co2 in the atmosphere has increased by between 1750 and 2011?

Answer 10

40%

Question 11

What was the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic?

Answer 11

38 degrees (June 2021)

Question 12

How much warmer were Arctic ocean temperatures than they should’ve been?

Answer 12

14 degrees

Question 13

By 2080 how many species of Bird are suspected to be affected by warming temperatures?

Answer 13

314

Question 14

How much of the World’s energy is used in urban areas?

Answer 14

75%

Question 15

How much carbon does London generate per annum?

Answer 15

1.7 million tonnes

Question 16

In Peru, how many people were supplied with energy from solar panels between 2006-2016?

Answer 16

500,000

Question 17

What percentage of the energy mix of the USA and France relies on fossil fuels?

Answer 17

80% USA compared to 50% France

Question 18

In 2015, the UK used less energy compared to which previous year?

Answer 18

1998

Question 19

Name 5 energy players?

Answer 19

OPEC (Organisation for the Petroleum Exporting Country)
Consumers
TNCs
Governments
Energy Companies

Question 20

How many countries in OPEC?

Answer 20

12

Question 21

Name an example of a TNC energy player?

Answer 21

Gazprom and BP

Question 22

Until 1970, where did the UK get its coal from?

Answer 22

Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Question 23

How many years of coal reserve is left in the UK?

Answer 23

150

Question 24

What is the UK energy use per capita compared to Norway?

Answer 24

2752kg of oil compared to 5854kg in Norway (Norway has the higher GDP)

Question 25

In 2015 what were the UKs co2 emissions? Down from what?

Answer 25

7.13 tonnes down from 11.5 tonnes

Question 26

In 2015, how much did shale gas contribute to US energy mix?

Answer 26

25%

Question 27

By 2020, how much did oil company Petrobras aim to produce from Brazilian deepwater oil?

Answer 27

500,000 barrels a day

Question 28

How much do tar sands provide for Canada?

Answer 28

40% of their energy mix

Question 29

Where in Canada is surface mining occurring? How much has been mined?

Answer 29

Athabasca Over 3.4%

Question 30

In 2019/20, how much sugarcane did Brazil produce as a biofuel?

Answer 30

around 643 million metric tonnes

Question 31

What biofuel is grown in the UK?

Answer 31

Rape

Question 32

Which car company have introduced the use of hydrogen?

Answer 32

Toyota

Question 33

How much range do electric vehicles have?

Answer 33

62-340 miles

Question 34

How much could carbon capture cut emissions by?

Answer 34

19%

Question 35

By 2040, how much energy will still come from oil and gas?

Answer 35

50%

Question 36

How much has Hinkley Point C cost the UK?

Answer 36

£18 billion

Question 37

How many solar panels sold in Kenya?

Answer 37

30,000

Question 38

By the 19th century, what percentage of deciduous trees were lost in the UK?

Answer 38

over 90%

Question 39

What % of deforestation is for soy, palm oil, beef and paper production?

Answer 39

50%

Question 40

By 2015, what % of global forest cover was lost?

Answer 40

30%

Question 41

What is an example of afforestation?

Answer 41

China's tree north shelterbelt project which added 4500 km of green wall trees

Question 42

What is an example of Grassland conversion?

Answer 42

The US Midwest - 2007-2015 biofuel rush

Question 43

How many people depend on forests globally?

Answer 43

Over 1.6 million

Question 44

Where has coral bleaching occurred?

Answer 44

Great Barrier Reef - A majority of 320 reefs were experiencing bleaching

Question 45

How many people do coral reefs support through tourism?

Answer 45

70,000

Question 46

Precipitation increased in the Yukon river between when and when?

Answer 46

1950 and 1998

Question 47

How much carbon do mangroves sequester per annum?

Answer 47

1.5 metric tonnes

Question 48

What % of marine species do coral reefs shelter?

Answer 48

25%

Question 49

When was carbon tax introduced in the UK?

Answer 49

2015

Question 50

What is a UK example of renewable switching?

Answer 50

The Climate Change Levy introduced 2001

Question 51

What is the only example of large scale carbon capture?

Answer 51

Canadas boundary dam

Question 52

Global Stakeholder - what does the UN say must happen to global emissions?

Answer 52

They must peak by 2025 and decline by 43% by 2030

Question 53

National - How have Shell adapted to using renewable energies to power their oil rigs?

Answer 53

In Malaysia, 2 plants rely on solar and wind power

Question 54

Local - Which UK group try to help energy security?

Answer 54

Winchesters WinACC

Question 55

Public - name an online petitioning site that tries to tackle energy problems?

Answer 55

the 38 degrees campaign

Question 56

When was the Kyoto agreement signed?

Answer 56

1997

Question 57

How many nations signed the 2015 Paris Agreement?

Answer 57

195

Question 58

How many trees killed by drought in Amazon in 2015?

Answer 58

2.5billion

Question 59

How much mangrove forest has been lost globally since 1950?

Answer 59

Half

Question 60

How many people are supported by fishing?

Answer 60

500 million 90% in developing countries

Question 61

What is the consequence of phytoplankton dying?

Answer 61

North Atlantic cod have nothing to eat

Question 62

Why does the USA consume more energy than France?

Answer 62

Population (327 million compared to 70 million) Climate - USA has more extreme weather GDP - $65,000 compared to $40,000

Question 63

How much of their Gas do Gazprom export to Europe?

Answer 63

80%

Question 64

How long is the Nord Stream Pipeline and how much did it cost? Who uses it?

Answer 64

1200km €10 billion Gazprom

Question 65

Following Nigerian pipelines being bombed by pirates, how many barrels of crude oil were lost per day?

Answer 65

300,000

Question 66

Where is UKs biggest solar farm? How much land covered? Cost?

Answer 66

Christchurch in Dorset 175 football pitches £50 million

Question 67

How many homes are powered by Horsena Project 1?

Answer 67

1 million

Question 68

When were Greenpeace founded?

Answer 68

1971

Question 69

How much do WinACC aim to cut winchesters emissions by 2030?

Answer 69

66%