Jaromír Leichmann: Coal and Climate

178th The Physics Café presents a speech by prof. Jaromír Leichmann, director of the Department of Geological Sciences, Earth Sciences Section at the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University.

Jaromír Leichmann: Coal and Climate – Together Forever? Or Does the End of Coal Combustion = the End of Global Warming?

From the geological history of carbon, you will learn where it comes from and how it behaves in the environment. Coal and climate – together forever? Climate enabled the formation of coal, and burning coal in turn affects the climate. What about coal mining and reserves in the world and in the Czech Republic? After 300 years of mining, there is still plenty left. And what about coal and politics? The European Union = the European Coal and Steel Community. Does coal still have any future? It does.

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