Natural CO2 Sinks and their Policy Implications: A Closer Look at Where Current CO2 Levels are Headed, in Historical Context

What is the current and historic annual rate of growth in CO2 emissions? What is the future trajectory of CO2 emissions and concentrations based on present rates of emissions? Is the natural uptake of CO2 by the biosphere limited? If so, what is the limitation and what are the limiting factors? More importantly, what is the implication of the biosphere having limited capacity to absorb atmospheric CO2? Does this limitation have implications as to how long CO2 resides in the atmosphere?

Moderator:

Dr. Anthony Socci, Senior Science Fellow, American Meteorological Society

Speakers

  • Dr. Ralph F. Keeling, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • Dr. David Archer, Professor, Department of. Geophysical Sciences and the College, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
American Meteorological Society
253 Russell
14/01/2008 at 12:00PM

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