Drama

 There is, we’ve met my frog before.

Boiling frog analogy.

Recently, however, I’ve been reading the paper written by Professor Arenas in 1896.

This refers to previous scientist who made the link between common and Darkside in the atmosphere and global warming.

Before there was John Tindall. John Tindall made the link between car and global warming in 1859.

And that is why I’ve been thinking about my frog.

Scientists have been attempting to communicate the ability of of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to cause global warming For over 100 years.

They must not of been saying it right. Because it all of that time, the message seems not to have gotten through. 

In 1896 a professor Arenas Presented highly respected paper Demonstrating his scientific findings that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Will cause warming of the Earth. Examining his data, and correlating it with current knowledge , I find that he has forecast a Warming of 3.6°C at my location on the planet should atmospheric carbon dioxide rise to 442 ppm.

Now professor Arenas was  no fool. In fact, he won The Nobel prize for chemistry in 1903. In 1905, he became the director of the Nobel Institute, where he remained until he died .^{[5] In 1927 at the age of 68.}

And he too stood on the shoulders of giants. In his paper, he himself refers to previous scientists who felt there was a relationship between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global warming. Is paper references John Tindall?, Who died in 1893. Tyndall was a fellow of the Royal Society, and became the successor to faraday (he of the constant) an Irish physicist, born to a policeman in 1820. 

He is credited with discovering the link between Cal dioxide and global warming in 1859.

And yet we are not listening. The climate crisis is often conveyed to us In dramatic images and news of 

There is a drama in floods and mudslides and wildfires. Dramatic images can be used to ignite the imagination and drive views of the article, Impressions and readers.

Yes, it’s the impact of climate change will be felt much more fundamentally. Flood waters will mean that the sewers will be full homes and businesses will be unable to flush toilet. Transport systems will be unable to operate. Schools and hospitals will be unable to open. The disaster will be felted and a much more personal level. At Which time people will likely take to Facebook to vent their fury of the inconvenience.

We can do nothing now just stop the climate change that has already happened. I have spoken of frogs that will boil if left in cold water that is gently heated but leap out of water that is already hot. I have use this as an analogy to explain the psychology of ignoring the impending climate crisis as we are unable to react to a distant and growing threat but we are wired to leap out of the path of danger.

I have used previously, though analogy, 

To use the bath analogy the taps are running on full that are greenhouse gas emissions admitted from men’s made activities. They are burning of fossil fuels, belching carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases global warming gases into the atmosphere.  The plug is in and the valve has filled but owing to our distraction we have failed to turn off those tabs and left the plug-in in the bath has overfilled and then spilled over the sides . 

When we overfilled the bath, the obvious thing to do would be to turn off the taps and pull out the plug. What we did was to turn the taps down and the plug very slightly. As a result, there is water slush everywhere and we will have to face the consequences not just a flooded bathroom floor but also of the damn ceiling below. And that will take time to dry.

 It’s not that we have done nothing. We have massively reduced our use of coal, we have stopped the uses of cfcs. These gases were used as propellants in aerosols, and even in the soles of trainers. They depleted the ozone layer leading to a hole in the ozone layer. Those gases are also powerful global warming gases and we have ceased to use them. There has also been control of methane from waste sites. Methane is almost 30 times as powerful at global warming as carbon dioxide. Reducing methane emissions has also contributed to slowing the emissions of global warming gases. These three  things have all been part of turning off the taps. But the taps continue tomrun and the plug remains stubbornly in place.

If we cannot or will not turn off the taps we must pull the plug further out of the plug hole, oh.

Carbon dioxide removal becomes imperative, As water continues to slide over the sides of the bath.

If you will but global warming gases are water running from taps into bath and that trees and algae and plants plants on the land and sea trees grass Aldi soil water of the sea itself these are the removers of the carbon dioxide. They are the plug hole. Cutting down Trees, Changing Land use acidifying oceans, Depleting silence, These are all the plug blocking the plug hole. The result is completely full of water to the point that it has begun to spill over the edge and flood of the bathroom floor. We need to into the bathroom turn off the tap and pull out the plug. We have done is turn the taps down slightly and leave the plug in. As a result remains flooded and continues to spill.

To be clear in the analogy we continue to admit global warming gases we continue to certify the oceans, Continue to burn fossil and to remove trees and change land use.

The plug hole or an alternative new hole needs to be drilled. And we can do this in the form of introducing more plants in the land and see. 

From Arrhenius to Thatcher we have been aware that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warms the earth for a hundred years.

Google Arenas and you will find it there only be write a paper with calculations to share the warming of our planet relative to an increase in carbon dioxide in our in 1895, But he was far from an unknown scientist. He was head of the Nobel committee until he died 100 years ago. Well, 97, but what is three years between friends? The well known and highly respected scientist figure. Vapour shows forecasts and increase in global temperatures of 3.6° when carbon dioxide levels are one and a half times greater than today. Today was 1895, And carbon dioxide levels were 290 5 pm. Today is 2024. Levels 410 PPM. The increase is 1.3.

Search for Margaret Thatcher speech to the United Nations on the environment and you will find that 35 years ago the entire world were informed by Amir a girl from Grantham I environmental disaster need the world attention. 

So the waters have continued to fly the impacts will be felt impractical effects on peoples lives. If we will not turn off those tabs and we cannot use that pole that’s drill another hole in the bottom of the bar. We very many options available to us. Removing carbon dioxide via the oceans may well be more efficient than extracting it from the atmosphere the oceans will then be able to take more common dioxide from the atmosphere into the water. Removal from the water is more efficient because the Atmos water is denser than air and concentrations dioxide are higher. Another analogy if you imagine a box full of marbles and there are a few brightly coloured levels scattered in the box. Your job is to find and remove those brightly coloured marvels. In an enormous box where the marbles are very widely spaced it is a much harder job to find and remove them than if all of them marbles were collected up into a much smaller space together.

Marvel all the carbon dioxide I guess and other gases that caused global warming.

We need to remove 32 billion tons of carbon dioxide. It’s not that we’ve done nothing.

Today I want to talk about Kobe pods. 

Some bold claims have been made about the possibilities that synthetic biology holds for tackling environmental issues.

should we tackle climate change using synthetic biology?

The case for its use listed a wide range of potential applications: synthetic algae that produce cleaner industrial chemicals and fuels, modified trees for absorbing more carbon dioxide, and bacteria that repair cracks in buildings to make them last longer.

The case against its use includes unknown environmental and biodiversity effects, questions around the ethics of creating new lifeforms and the possible challenges of global coordination.

Introducing synthetic biology at scale requires time we do not have. The climate crisis requires us to the tools we have available right now that can be used in the immediate future. This does not mean that there is no place for synthetic biology. There is certainly a case for its ongoing development.

Our focus should be on things that work, rather than waiting for new technologies such as synthetic biology, the impact of which are uncertain.

Tomorrow’s policy choices

Although our verdict is not in favour of pursuing the ‘big bet’ pathway, there’s still a compelling case for continuing to research synthetic biology and its applications for addressing climate change. Even if the UK doesn’t plan to depend on this technology for climate action, it should be prepared to respond to how other nations and private organisations deploy the technology.