carbon (solutions week 1)

Question 1

what are the key climate change drivers

Answer 1

• C02
• methane from cows and paddy fields
• 40x more powerful per molecule but 5x lower concentration
• water acts as a feedback (more C02 warmer and atmosphere holds more water)

Question 2

What helps to pertubate carbon

Answer 2

• carbon sinks and co2 would be at 550 ppm

Question 3

What is the kaya identity

Answer 3

• helps to identify emission and their changes
  = population x GDP/population x energy/ GDP x carbon/energy

Question 4

things that can be done to fix the problem

Answer 4

• enhanced tree planting
• putting rocks which are the by product of mining into tropical soils to dissolve faster
• carbon capture/storage in oil basins
  -caC03 díssolution by reacting with limestone rather than ocean acidification