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 March 1, 2011
| Time: | 5:45-7:30 p.m. |
| Description: | Dr. Tip Meckel discusses geological sequestration, a promising but little known option for reducing atmospheric emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Meckel directs the research program for the Southeast U.S. Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership in Cranfield, Mississippi, and leads the Texas research initiative to identify sequestration potential in state offshore lands.
Oxidation (by burning) of carbon stored in fossil fuels - coal, oil, gas - has transferred more than 250 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere since 1800. Changes in atmospheric concentration of CO2 show that the rates of emission exceed the rates of uptake, resulting in increases of atmospheric CO2. Fossil fuel reserves and rapidly growing global energy demand suggest that the continuation of "business as usual" will result in a rapidly increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. A variety of risks ranging from increased average temperature to decreased pH of ocean surface water are predicted from this change. |
| Location: | AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center, 1900 University |
| URL: | More about this event... |
| Contact: | Faith R Singer | 512-232-5771 |
| Sponsor: | Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) |
| Admission: | Free and open to the public |
| Categories: | Business & Law, Everyone, Forum, Lecture/talk |
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