Carbon cs

• Amazon


  • Holds 17% of the world's vegetation
  • 30% less carbon absorbed since 1990
• Arctic case study


  • North, holds twice as much carbon as the atmosphere
  • Acts as a barometer and is affected by albedo
• American Wild West


  • Grassland conversion, increased soil erosion
• China Three North Shelter Belt


  • 4,500 km in plants, decrease desert
• White Cliffs of Dover


  • Carba sink, limestone, erosion has increased from 220mm to 320mm per year in the past 150 years
• Deep ocean drilling


  Iomen killed, BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
• Tar Sands


  • USA, 120 million invested, 3rd largest store in the world
• Fracking


  • China, 4 billion invested, 47.8 million barrels by 2025
• M4 solar panels


  • Reading, 60000 panels, 5000 homes powered
• Sizewell B


  • UK nuclear power station, 2.5 million homes powered, 2 billion
• Clyde Wind Farm


  • 152 turbines in Scotland
• Hydrogen fuel cells


  40-60% energy efficient, NASA uses them
• Three Gorges Dam


  • Displaced 1.3 million people, 2,335 meters long
• UK


  • 50 years of coal left, 38.5% energy mix on gas, 2.7 tonnes of energy per person per year
• Norway


  • 600 HED sites, 87% of energy production, supplies 3% of global gas
• Russia vs Ukraine


  • Gas prices increased by 42%
• Somali pirates


  • 120 recorded incidents in 2023, increases Suez traffic
• UK 2013


  • 1 billion destruction caused by storm
• Nigeria


  • Terrorism led to 300,000 barrels lost a day (bombed)
• Brazil


  • 40 million people rely on the rainforest to live, 150-200 billion carba is stored
• Mangroves


  • Half have been lost, 80 different species extinct
• Food


  • 520 million people depend on fisheries
• COP15


  195 countries signed, helps environment, not legally binding
• Australia


  • 1.9 million less tourists a year, 130 Queensland homes are being bought back under strict regulations