BNL Physics Colloquia
Climate Apocalypse: The Gamble with All Life on Earth, and How to Avoid Taking It
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US/Eastern
Description
Earth’s climate is under two distinct, but coupled threats: modification of our atmosphere’s emissivity and reduction of the Earth’s albedo. We will see how these can lead to exponential rise of Earth’s surface temperature and potentially cause our atmosphere to spiral into a Venus-like climate apocalypse. The primary cause of this existential threat is the combustion of fossil fuels. The second part of this presentation covers how much it will cost to eliminate fossil fuel use for energy production, and how quickly we can expect to amortize this investment.
Zoom:https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1617489674?pwd=aTmhSZ1ncKD7wWlqQ2iHfoTniiAlOX.1
Meeting ID: 161 748 9674
Passcode:
893268
Organised by
Raju Venugopalan