Global Sustainability Forum, March 9th - Prof. Alok Bhargava, University of Maryland School of Public Policy

Alok Bhargava, Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy

Abstract This paper analyzed several longitudinal data sets for investigating the dynamic inter-relationships between CO₂ emissions and concentrations, ambient temperatures, and ocean acidification and deoxygenation. The methodological framework addressed issues such as the use of temperature “anomalies”, diffusion of CO₂ from emitting countries to atmospheric stations, and differential seasonal warming patterns in the hemispheres. Longitudinal data on ambient temperatures from 8,500 weather stations, CO₂ emissions for 160 countries and atmospheric CO₂ concentrations at ten stations, and seawater composition from 47,000 oceanographic stations were analyzed for 1985-2018 using dynamic random effects models and maximum likelihood methods.  

Join the Center for Global Sustainability and the SPP Environmental Council for our Global Sustainability Forum series on March 9th!      12:00-1:00pm, Van Munching Hall Room 1107.