Climate Restoration Using Natural Processes

This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration is required for either.
Achieving zero net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) is not enough to restore the climate. It is important that we also reduce the current atmospheric CO2 level of 420 ppm to the historically-safe pre-industrial level of below 300 ppm. The most practical way to achieve this goal appears to be the use of ocean iron fertilization to stimulate phytoplankton uptake of carbon dioxide in strategic locations.
In this talk, David Snyder will discuss this method, which is based on data from natural processes including hundreds of thousands of years of climate data, and observations from the 1991 Pinatubo and 2022 Tonga volcanic eruptions. He will also describe a pilot project conducted with modern measurement, reporting, and verification technologies, including instrument buoys and satellites, which will help to confirm the approach and refine its methodology.
Speaker(s): David Snyder,
673 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, California, United States, 95035, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481889