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IPCC 4 th Assessment Report: WG1: Physical Science Basis Chapter 2

Greenhouse Gas Concentrations IPCC 4 th Assessment WG1

Keeling Curve of CO2

Radiative Forcing IPCC 4 th Assessment WG1

Aerosol Effects IPCC 4 th Assessment WG1

Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth IPCC 4 th Assessment WG1

The fraction of CO 2 remaining in the air, after emission by fossil fuel burning, declines rapidly at first, but 1/3 remains in the air after a century and 1/5 after a millennium (Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7, , 2007).

Effects

Metrics for “Dangerous” Change Extermination of Animal & Plant Species 1. Extinction of Polar and Alpine Species 2. Unsustainable Migration Rates Ice Sheet Disintegration: Global Sea Level 1. Long-Term Change from Paleoclimate Data 2. Ice Sheet Response Time Regional Climate Disruptions 1. Increase of Extreme Events 2. Shifting Zones/Freshwater Shortages

Tipping Point Definitions 1. Tipping Level - Climate forcing (greenhouse gas amount) reaches a point such that no additional forcing is required for large climate change and impacts 2. Point of No Return - Climate system reaches a point with unstoppable irreversible climate impacts (irreversible on a practical time scale) Example: disintegration of large ice sheet

IPCC WG2

Impacts by Region IPCC WG2

Observations: Domingues, C.M. et al., Nature 453, , Model: Hansen, J. et al., Science 308, , 2005.

Extent (million sq km)

Greenland Mass Loss – From Gravity Satellite

Melt descending into a moulin, a vertical shaft carrying water to ice sheet base. Source: Roger Braithwaite, University of Manchester (UK) Surface Melt on Greenland

Konrad Steffen and Russell Huff, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder Greenland Total Melt Area – 2007 value exceeds last maximum by 10%

Arctic Sea Ice Criterion* 1. Restore Planetary Energy Balance  CO 2 : 385 ppm  ppm 2. Restore Sea Ice: Aim for -0.5 W/m 2 CO 2 : 385 ppm  ppm Range based on uncertainty in present planetary energy imbalance (between 0.5 and 1 W/m 2 ) * Assuming near-balance among non-CO 2 forcings

Jakobshavn Ice Stream in Greenland Discharge from major Greenland ice streams is accelerating markedly. Source: Prof. Konrad Steffen, Univ. of Colorado

Pier on Lake Mead.

Rongbuk Glacier Rongbuk glacier in 1968 (top) and The largest glacier on Mount Everest’s northern slopes feeds Rongbuk River.

Cenozoic Era 65 Million Years AgoPresent Day Global Climate Forcings External (solar irradiance): +1 W/m 2 Surface (continent locations): ~1 W/m 2 Atmosphere (CO 2 changes): > 10 W/m 2

Summary: Cenozoic Era 1. Dominant Forcing: Natural ΔCO 2 - Rate ~100 ppm/My ( ppm/year) - Human-made rate today: ~2 ppm/year Humans Overwhelm Slow Geologic Changes 2. Climate Sensitivity High - Antarctic ice forms if CO 2 < ~450 ppm - Ice sheet formation reversible Humans Could Produce “A Different Planet”

GHG Emissions and Scenarios

GHG Emissions IPCC WG3

CO2 Stabilization and GHG Emissions