Ivan R Kennedy
With more than 70 students and associates in agrochemistry and biochemistry, molecular biology and physical chemistry, after graduating from the University of WA, Kennedy (AM, FRACI) claims three main interests. These are nitrogen fixation and the role of nitrogen cycling in acidification, risk management of pesticides and action in ecosystems. Retiring from teaching in 2012, he has refocused his skills on physical climate science and climate thermodynamics, applying the virial theorem to estimate an atmospheric lapse rate of 6.9 oC/km, examining increasing water vapour as a significant agents in global warming in 10 articles peer reviewed since 2019. Thermal calcification absorbs carbon dioxide precipitating calcite as a result of warming, lowering the ocean mixing zone pH supporting a higher pressure of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the Keeling Curve.
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