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Figure SPM.1
Figure SPM.2
Figure TS.5
Figure SPM.3
Figure SPM.4
Figure SPM.5
Figure SPM.6
Figure SPM.7
Some consequences…
Weather-related economic damages have increased
2020s 2050s 2080s
Initially increased agricultural productivity in some mid-latitude regions & reduction in the tropics and sub-tropics even with warming of a few degrees
coral bleaching
Effects on ecological communities
Effects of Global Climate Change
Questions:
How would you define dangerous alteration of the climate system?
Acceptable alteration?
What should the target of global efforts to limit emissions of greenhouse gases?
Question:
What is the current level of atmospheric carbon dioxide and trends?
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/
Roadmap
We will discuss the drivers of global climate, anthropogenic effects on these drivers, and
resultant effects on ecological systems.