Climate Restoration Using Natural Processes
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.
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- Date: 11 Jun 2025
- Time: 02:00 AM UTC to 04:00 AM UTC
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- 673 South Milpitas Blvd.
- Milpitas, California
- United States 95035
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David Snyder of Fenwick & West LLP
Biography:
David Snyder, MBA, PE, CISSP, CCSP, is a California-registered Civil Engineer (PE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Cloud Security Professional, and IEEE Senior Member. As an environmental engineer, he conducted environmental impact studies for power plants, transmission lines, and pipelines, and he investigated the remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at industrial sites. He is now working on Climate Restoration through his 42TEK LLC consultancy.
David is IEEE-CNSV Chair, and a member of the IEEE Standard P7100 Environmental Impact of Artificial Intelligence Working Group. He has been the organizer, moderator, or speaker at over 20 conferences and seminars, including the Security, Standards and Laws session of the 2024 IEEE World Technology Summit on AI Infrastructure. He was also a panelist in the Communications, Computing, and Power during Disaster Response session at the 2022 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC).
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