Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 19:30 in the Members Room
The relationship of CO2 to temperature and climate change over geological time
Presented by Graeme Phipps
Graeme Phipps graduated with degrees in BSc. Honours in Geology and Honours in Geophysics from the University of Alberta, Canada. He has spent 50 years in the oil and gas industry as a practicing geologist & geophysicist and as a manager, executive and now director of various International oil and gas companies.
Graeme spent his entire professional career looking into the impact of climate change on sea level changes and resulting sedimentary deposits throughout recorded geologic time, a key element of oil and gas exploration, His particular interest in relationships between carbon dioxide (CO2), temperature and climate change prompted him to research this subject in much more detail. He has received no funding for his work, doing it purely to pursue the science in a more detailed and rigorous, scientific way.
This presentation is based on his extensive research into this subject and will discuss temperature and CO2 variations across geological time but in particular the Quaternary period and the numerous Ice Ages and interglacial periods that have occurred over the past 100,000 years. Global warming/cooling, CO2 variations and sea level changes will also be discussed. The implications of his findings on past relationships between CO2, temperature, sea levels and climate change, for current and future global warming will also be presented.
All members of the Société Jersiaise are most welcome to attend what promises to be a very interesting Geology Section presentation
