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Evidence and implications of anthropogenic climate change
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1) Is climate changing now?
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Global Warming ?
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Sea level rising
Coastal tide guages Recontructed (proxy) Satellite
altimetry
IPCC 2007 Fig. 5.13 (p. 410)
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NSIDC :
Melting of Arctic Ice
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Is climate changing?
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal,
as is now evident from observations of increases
in global average air and ocean temperatures,
widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising
global mean sea level” [IPCC 2007]
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2) Is the warming unusual?
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Global near surface temperature anomalies
Global average
Northern Hemisphere
Mann et al. (2003) Eos,Vol. 84, No. 27, 8 July 2003
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Is the warming unusual?
• Over the last 100 years the globe
has warmed by about 0.8oC
• The warming appears
unprecedented in the last 1800 years
• The last time polar regions were
warmer than today was more than
125 000 years ago
– At that time sea level was 4-7m higher
than today
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3) Why is it warming?
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Absorbed Solar Radiative Energy
Outgoing Thermal Radiative Energy πr2 S
Earth’s energy balance in space 4πr2
• There is a balance between the absorbed sunlight and the thermal radiative cooling of the planet
• Without the greenhouse effect, this balance would occur at a frigid global temperature of –18oC Fourier (1824); Tyndall (1858); Arhenius (1896); Lacis et al. (2011)
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“Radiative forcing” of climate
• Increases in greenhouse
gases heat the planet by
trapping heat
• Small pollutant particles
(aerosols) cool the planet
by reflecting sunlight
• If more energy is arriving
than is leaving the planet,
Earth should warm…
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Satellite observations detect enhanced greenhouse effect: 1997-1970 Harries et al. 2001, Nature
These results
showed for the
first time
experimental
confirmation of
the significant
increase in the
greenhouse effect
from trace gases
such as carbon
dioxide and
methane
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Carbon dioxide, methane
and nitrous oxide
concentrations rising rapidly
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Fossil fuel CO2 has diluted natural CO2
Theoretical
Tree Ring
Observations
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See also: http://www.pmodwrc.ch/pmod.php?topic=tsi/composite/SolarConstant
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Solar output; stable over last 50 years
ACRIM/VIRGO
Based on recent evidence
this is too high by ~5Wm-2
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Change in volcanic aerosol
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Sulphur aerosols offset some of the heating from greenhouse gases
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Computer Simulations of Climate
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Experiments with computer simulations
• How much of the recent warming can be explained by natural effects?
• To answer such questions, experiments can be performed with detailed computer simulations
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Natural factors cannot explain recent warming
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Recent warming can be simulated when man-made factors are included
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4) What are the predictions?
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Global warming projections
Likely range
for A2, A1B,
B1 scenarios:
1.1-5.4oC
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Land projected to warm more than oceans
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European 2003 summer temperatures could be normal by 2040s, cool by 2060s
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Long-term commitment to sea-level rise
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Arctic summer sea-ice could disappear by 2080s under IPCC High Emissions scenario
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• Atmospheric moisture rises with warming in computer simulations and as detected by conventional and satellite observations
• The enhanced greenhouse effect amplifies initial warming: “feedback”
• Additional moisture fuels a greater intensity of rainfall
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• More Global Precipitation • More Intense Rainfall • More Droughts • Wet regions get Wetter,
Dry regions get Drier? • Regional projections??
Precipitation Change (%)
Projections of the global water cycle Precipitation Intensity
Dry Days
IPCC WGI (2007)
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Changes in circulation systems
are crucial to regional changes in
water resources and risk yet
predictability is poor.
One of the largest challenges remains improving predictability of regional
changes in the water cycle…
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How will atmospheric and oceanic circulations change?
?
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Summary
• The evidence for warming is unequivocal • Warming is unusual in the context of last 1800 years
globally and over last 100,000 years in the Arctic • Greenhouse gases at highest levels for > 650,000 yrs • Physics of greenhouse effect well understood • Substantial changes in global temperature and rainfall
patterns are projected using computer simulations • Predicting regional climate change is a challenge…
– How much more greenhouse gases will we emit?
– Will changes in the land surface or clouds amplify warming?
– How will atmospheric and oceanic circulations change?