Podcast appearances and mentions of charles keeling

Atmospheric environmental chemistry in the 1980s is today's topic. First is Jonathan Shanklin and his discovery of the ozone hole, which led in a very short time to the Montreal Protocol, perhaps the most successful international treaty ever. Second we hear about Guy Callendar's and Charles Keeling's research showing how carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere causes global warming--and how major petrochemical companies lied and gaslit the public in the 1980s about it.Support the show Support my podcast at https://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofchemistry Tell me how your life relates to chemistry! E-mail me at steve@historyofchem.com Get my book, O Mg! How Chemistry Came to Be, from World Scientific Publishing, https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12670#t=aboutBook

The world's longest-running record of direct readings of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere is the Keeling Curve, measurements taken at the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii.  The readings have been going on with almost no interruption since Charles Keeling began taking them in the 1950s.  But the eruption of Mauna Loa last November […]

 In this episode we discuss the efforts of three scientists–Svante Arrhenius, Guy Callendar, and Charles David Keeling–to figure out exactly what fossil fuel emissions might be doing to the atmosphere and the global temperature. Surprisingly, Arrhenius and other early climate scientists didn't necessarily think that global warming would be…such a bad thing? But by the 1970s scientists began to push for more concerted efforts to research the effects of increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. We'll pick up that part of the story in the next episode. You'll also hear about Guy Callendar's contributions to climate science. Guy was a fellow who held no academic degrees in science but did live through a dangerous childhood. We'll conclude with Charles Keeling and his famous curve showing how the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere began increasing at an accelerating rate during the twentieth century.  

In climate tech news, it's Oorja, plus meet unsung climate champ Charles Keeling. The Global Warming Mitigation Project, and DearTomorrow.org

A young American scientist began the work that would show how our climate is changing in 1958. His name was Charles Keeling and he started meticulously recording levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. He would carry on taking measurements for decades. His wife Louise and son Ralph spoke to Louise Hidalgo about him and his work. (Photo: Thick black smoke blowing out of an industrial chimney. Credit: John Giles/PA)

History of Climate Change starts in  1824 when French physicist Joseph Fourier describes the Earth's natural greenhouse effect.  In 1958 Charles Keeling is instrumental in outlining a way to record CO2 levels and in securing funding for the observatory, which is positioned in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Data from the observatory reveals what would become known as the “Keeling Curve.” The upward, saw tooth-shaped curve shows a steady rise in CO2 levels. So what can be done to stop the increase in the level of Greenhouse gases? Let's explore in this episode.  

Are you having trouble overcoming tensions that get in the way of living a more stress-free life?Master Practitioner Eileen Troberman describes the Alexander Technique and shares some simple techniques that combine movement and consciousness to ease tension in your body in this relaxing Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Eileen’s work on her website and YouTube.Show NotesLearning yoga from an unskilled practitioner could be fatal. (9:52)The Alexander Technique is a sensory experience. (12:59)Eileen’s journey to becoming an Alexander instructor was fueled by massive coincidences around doing laundry. (23:27)Eileen studied under Marjorie Barstow, the first graduate of F.M. Alexander’s first training course in 1933. (32:41)How the Alexander Technique works by undoing signals and making movement more efficient. (40:19)Using the Alexander Technique to work with your emotions and relationships. (52:12)Treating breathing problems with the Alexander Technique. (1:10:43)Do habits and good intentions work together to create positive change? (1:17:30)Eileen shares some quick and easy exercises you can do on your own. (1:34:12)Focusing on your ease to lessen anxiety. (1:56:35)The healthy, relaxing release of non-doing and letting go. (2:13:14)“If you think, just don’t tighten first, you’re already tightening but you don’t know it yet.” (2:21:25)Does concentration promote tension? (2:28:43)ResourcesThe Use of The Self by F.M. AlexanderThe Feldenkrais MethodThe work of Charles Keeling and Capt. Gerald Coffee Aldous Huxley, Consciousness and the Alexander TechniqueEmotional Anatomy: The Structure of Experience by Stanley KelemanPaul’s Living 4D Evolve seriesThanks to our awesome sponsors: Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code Paul10 at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout), One Farm CBD Oils (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK at checkout) and Essential Oil Wizardry (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code living4d at checkout).As an Amazon Associate, we earn commissions from qualifying purchases.

How a young American scientist began the work that would show how our climate is changing. His name was Charles Keeling and he meticulously recorded levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. His wife Louise and son Ralph spoke to Louise Hidalgo about him in 2013. (Photo: Thick black smoke blowing out of an industrial chimney. Credit: John Giles/PA)

For thousands of years, the level of CO2 in the atmosphere fluctuated relatively consistently (air bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice provide a record of the past). But, since around the 19th century, CO2 levels have been rising and haven’t really stopped. We know this partly because of the work of Charles Keeling. Keeling developed the first technique for accurately measuring CO2 in the air. He set-up a continuous measurement of CO2 on a volcano in Hawaii in 1958. When you plot out the data collected over years of CO2 observations, you can see a steady upward curve. It became known as the “Keeling Curve” and was an easy-to-understand piece of evidence for global warming. Ralph Keeling, Charles’ son, has now taken over his father’s work and serves as the Principal Investigator for the Atmospheric Oxygen Research Group at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. He spoke to us on the 60th anniversary of his father’s CO2 measurements.

What gets Kira Noodleman excited about her job as an investor with VC firm Bee Partners? The opportunity to paint a picture of what the future looks like—and then back it up with money and resources for startups in the early stages. Kira is a fan of tackling problems in disruptive industries and across cultures. With a background in product and program management, Kira has an appreciation of the skillful risk-taking that fuels successful entrepreneurship. She was a part of Google's Project Ara as well as LAUNCH, the University of California's leading startup accelerator. Kira did an internship with Bee Partners while earning her MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and she joined the team as an investor in August of 2017. With a special focus on space, cryptocurrency, and climate change innovation, Bee Partners' portfolio includes companies like Tradesy, TubeMogul and StatMuse. Kira sits down with us today to share her passion for building things that matter. She discusses the Big Hairy Audacious Goals that VC should support, from efficiency in the food value chain to clean meat. Kira walks us through the work Bee Partners is doing in the blockchain space, and we debate the impact of crypto mining on the environment. Listen in for Kira's insight on what VCs look for in an entrepreneur and learn how to build a ‘board of mentors' in venture capital. Connect with Kira Bee Partners http://beepartners.vc/ Kira on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kira-noodleman-48ab1210/ Kira on Twitter https://twitter.com/kiranoodleman Resources Memphis Meats http://www.memphismeats.com/ Arvind of IndieBio on Boost VC https://www.boost.vc/podcast-archive?tag=Biology Ocean Protocol https://oceanprotocol.com/ Chia Network https://chia.net/ Forbes Cover Story ‘Venture Catalysts' https://www.forbes.com/midas/#35cda95c5650 All Raise https://www.allraise.org/ FoundHer http://www.foundherfest.com/ Charles Keeling and NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3-_5_Y1RA Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC Watch this episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MeeOxSoUt0

You Asked, We Answered! Transcript for the podcast We know that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have been increasing because we have the data! The story of collecting CO2 data begins in 1958, when a geochemist from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dr. Charles Keeling, started collecting measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at an observatory located over 11,000 feet in elevation on the Mauna Loa volcano on the big island of Hawaii. These systematic measurements Dr. Keeling started have become the most widely recognized record of human impact on Earth, linking rising levels of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels to the warming of the planet. In fact, this carbon dioxide data set is so significant, the Mauna Loa Observatory was named a National Chemical Historic Landmark in 2015! Although the measurements started in Hawaii, the Mauna Loa Observatory is currently one of several global locations, from Alaska to the South Pole, that collects and analyzes CO2 levels in air samples. But the Mauna Loa site is considered one of the most favorable locations for measuring undisturbed air because local influences of vegetation or human activities on atmospheric CO2 concentrations are minimal at this elevation, above an atmospheric feature termed the inversion layer. Any influences from the island’s volcanic vents can be and are removed from the collected records. In addition, the methods and equipment used to obtain these measurements have remained essentially unchanged at Mauna Loa during the 50+ year monitoring program. But back to the data… The data in what we call the Keeling Curve, in honor of Charles Keeling, record an overall rise in the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide, as well as an overall increase in the rate of growth of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere since Charles Keeling took the first measurements in the late 1950’s.  Now the growth rate of CO2 concentrations, while consistently staying positive, has shown notable variations from year to year, because of a combination of natural and human factors. The CO2 data not only record an overall rise, but a seasonal record that is strongest in the data collected in the Northern Hemisphere and weakest near the Equator and in the Southern Hemisphere. These geographic differences in seasonal fluctuations are the result of photosynthetic activity by plants. As plants begin to photosynthesize in the spring and summer and experience a period of regrowth, the plants consume CO2 from the atmosphere and eventually use it as a carbon source for growth and reproduction. This causes a decrease in atmospheric CO2 levels that begins every year in May, which is recorded in the Keeling Curve data. Once fall and winter arrives, plants save energy by decreasing their photosynthetic activity. In fact, the Keeling Curve records the lowest CO2 values in September and October, when plants are beginning to die and decay. Although photosynthesis does occur in our oceans year-round, very little of that CO2 actually moves between the ocean-air interface, and therefore does not impact the record. It is land-based photosynthesis that drives the seasonal cycles, with atmospheric measurements still supplemented with CO2 from the consistent burning of fossil fuels. So to return to the original question… how do we know CO2 is increasing? We know atmospheric carbon dioxide has been increasing from 1958 to the present from measurements collected across the globe, from the data that show us an overall increase in atmospheric CO2 over time, an increase in the rate of CO2 growth over time, and a record of seasonal variations of CO2 values. (Audio recorded July 2, 2015, by Dr. Laura Guertin, Professor of Earth Science, Penn State Brandywine) Supporting images for podcast Full Mauna Loa CO2 record and Recent Monthly Mean CO2: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/ Latest CO2 reading: https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/ [caption caption='Recent Monthly Mean CO2 at Mauna Loa' align='center'][/caption] Image above and below are both from the NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division Mauna Loa data website (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/). [caption caption='Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory' align='center'][/caption] In the PAESTA Classroom CO2 Concentration and the Keeling Curve from the Mauna Loa Observatory: http://www.paesta.psu.edu/classroom/co2-concentration-and-keeling-curve-mauna-loa-observatory Gallery of Images Gallery of images from the Mauna Loa Observatory https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/paesta-podcast-series-episode-1-how-do-we-know-co2-increasing

As the leading greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is one of the atmosphere’s most closely watched ingredients. The scrutiny began in 1958, when a young geochemist named Charles Keeling began regularly measuring CO2 atop a massive Hawaiian volcano—and discovered some intriguing patterns.

How a young American scientist began the work that would show how our climate is changing. His name was Charles Keeling and he meticulously recorded levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. His wife Louise and son Ralph remember him. Photo: John Giles/PA Wire