Joseph Fournier: CO2 Emissions: Climate forcing or effect? | Nelson Pod #221

Tom Nelson

Dr. Fournier is an accomplished executive and senior scientist, with a 15-year track record in the oil sands, power generation and environmental science industries, both in Canada and in United States.

His career has afforded him an exposure to a diverse range of exciting technology development projects, where he enjoyed fulfilling leadership roles with numerous capital projects, each in excess of $100 million.

Dr. Fournier`s formal graduate training was in solid state electrochemistry specific to hydrogen fuel cells and battery technologies and his undergraduate training was in physics and environmental chemistry.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

01:53 Research Focus and Illustration Overview

06:09 Mainstream Ocean Carbon Cycle Models

08:59 ENSO and Climate Phenomena

20:03 Walker Circulation and Upwelling

38:40 Historical Climate Data and Analysis

57:58 Concluding Thoughts and Future Research

Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/co2-climate-forcing-or-effect

More information about Joseph Fournier: https://co2coalition.org/teammember/joseph-fournier/

“Sorry Biden, CO2 Is Not Pollution. It’s The Currency Of Life”: https://co2coalition.org/2024/01/16/sorry-biden-co2-is-not-pollution-its-the-currency-of-life/

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