Tom Hunt gave the audience a comprehensive explanation of carbon, its chemistry, its many varied forms and effects on our climate. His talk was accompanied by many illuminating slides. Of particular interest is the fact that the earth is actually in an inter-glacial period at the moment, but increasing Carbon Dioxide levels are still forecast to cause the planet’s temperature to increase in this period, causing potentially catastrophic harm to life.
You can listen to Tom’s talk here and view his PowerPoint slides here.
PROMO
Why is the element that is central to life on Earth now seemingly the bad guy? What is it and how does it drive life and energy on our planet? We have a lot to thank Carbon for. Tom Hunt will endeavour to answer these questions.
Tom is a retired systems engineer and project manager, living just above sea level at Oak Flats NSW. He has learned many interesting facts about the world around us while checking out the issue of global warming. Will the sea level really rise? what has happened in the past? Can we influence things? Tom loves to explore the possibilities. This promises to be an interesting and pertinent presentation