Put Carbon Back in Ground to Reverse Warming
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This document discusses using large-scale environmental restoration to combat global warming by putting carbon back into soils through natural processes. It argues that restoring forests, agriculture, grasslands and degraded lands can store carbon while providing sustainable energy and food. Specifically, the document advocates enhancing natural carbon sinks like soils to safely reduce atmospheric CO2 levels to 260 ppm through restoring ecosystems, which is the best solution and can be done quickly through decentralized grassroots efforts.
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Put Carbon Back in Ground to Reverse Warming
- 1. DOWN TO EARTH SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING PUT THE CARBON BACK IN THE GROUND WHERE IT WILL DO THE MOST GOOD
- 2. GEOTHERAPY: HOW TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESTORATION TO STABILIZE CO2 AT SAFE LEVELS IN TIME TO AVOID SEVERE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TO EARTH’S LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS Tom Goreau Global Coral Reef Alliance
- 3. MARCOTT ET AL., 2013
- 4. TO PREVENT RUNAWAY GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE • CO2 MUST BE REDUCED TO SAFE LEVELS • GEOENGINEERING IS UNPROVEN, EXPENSIVE, TEMPORARY, AND HAS MANY DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES • CO2 REMOVAL IS BEST DONE BY INCREASING NATURAL CARBON SINKS • WHERE CAN WE PUT IT? SOILS • WHAT IS THE SAFE CO2 LEVEL? 260 PPM • HOW FAST CAN IT BE DONE? DECADES
- 5. GEOTHERAPY • RESTORATION OF OUR PLANET’S NATURAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS • ACCURATE SCIENTIFIC DIAGNOSIS OF GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS TO PRESCRIBE COURSE OF CORRECTIVE ACTION TO RESTORE HEALTH • DEVELOPED 1990 BY THE LATE RICHARD GRANTHAM
- 7. GOREAU, 1992
- 8. GOREAU, 1992
- 9. GOREAU, 1992
- 10. GOREAU, 1990
- 11. 800,000 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA, ROHLING, 2008
- 12. GOREAU, 2014
- 13. LEVITUS ET AL., 2012
- 14. DISCOVERY BAY, JAMAICA PHOTO BY TOM GOREAU
- 15. T. GOREAU, 1964
- 16. NOAA
- 17. LEVERMANN ET AL., 2013
- 18. GREEN CARBON TAX THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM • CHARGE EACH POLLUTER THE REAL COST OF CARBON STORAGE IN VEGETATION AND SOIL PAID DIRECTLY TO THOSE WHO STORE IT (GOREAU, 1987; MYERS & GOREAU, 1991) • LOW COST, HIGH BENEFITS
- 19. LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION IS THE BEST WAY TO STABILIZE CO2 AT SAFE LEVELS
- 20. FALSE ECONOMICS: BOGUS PRICES • EUROPEAN CARBON MARKET FAILED BECAUSE THEY GAVE AWAY MORE FREE CO2 PERMITS TO BIG POLLUTERS THAN THEY COULD PRODUCE, CAUSING THE VALUE TO COLLAPSE, AND MAKING POLLUTION VIRTUALLY FREE • US AND MOST MAJOR POLLUTERS HAVE NO CARBON MARKET AT ALL
- 22. ECONOMIST’S AND POLITICIAN’S CARBON TAXES • INCREASE PRICES TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION, REQUIRES VERY HIGH TAXES BECAUSE ENERGY USE IS NOT ELASTIC, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE & INFLATIONARY • GIVES MONEY TO POLITICIANS AND CONSUMERS TO WASTE WITHOUT SOLVING THE CO2 PROBLEM!
- 23. “YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE. WHEN YOU RUN TO THE ROCK, THE ROCK WILL BE MELTING. WHEN YOU RUN TO THE SEA, THE SEA WILL BE BOILING. WHERE YOU GOING TO RUN TO?” DOWNPRESSOR MAN by Peter Tosh Jamaica’s greatest songwriter
- 25. LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION IS THE BEST WAY TO STABILIZE CO2 AT SAFE LEVELS
- 26. Soil Organic Carbon. UNEP/WCMC 2008
- 30. AFTER GOREAU, 1990 ORIGINAL BY PETER GOREAU
- 32. GOREAU, 1995
- 33. GOREAU, 1995
- 34. HUBBARD BROOK FOREST NEW HAMPSHIRE GOREAU, 1982
- 35. AMAZON RAINFOREST GOREAU & DE MELLO, 1985 BRAZIL
- 36. GOREAU & DE MELLO, 1985
- 37. PHOTO BY JAMES RICHARDSON ANCIENT AMAZONIAN TERRA PRETA DO INDIO (BIOCHAR)
- 38. LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION IS THE BEST WAY TO STABILIZE CO2 AT SAFE LEVELS
- 39. LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION THE ONLY WAY THAT CO2 CAN BE REDUCED IN TIME TO AVERT EXTINCTION OF CORAL REEFS LOSS OF COASTS AND ISLANDS, & WORSE GREATLY ENHANCE FORESTS, AGRICULTURE, GRASSLANDS, AND RESTORE DEGRADED AREAS WHILE STORING CARBON AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE CARBON-NEGATIVE ENERGY
- 40. WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT! PUT THE CARBON BACK IN THE GROUND WHERE IT CAME FROM GROW OUR WAY OUT OF GLOBAL WARMING PUT IT BACK IN SOIL WHERE IT WILL DO THE MOST GOOD THE FASTEST POSSIBLE JOIN THE UNDERGROUND GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT!
- 41. DECEMBER 5
- 42. UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)