Compared to temperature, precipitation is characterized by higher spatial and temporal variability. In 2022, large areas withabove normalprecipitationincluded large parts of Asia, the Maritime Continent, Australia, New Zealand, areas of northern South America, the Caribbean, west Africa, Sudan, coastal...
The magnitude of global mean surface temperature (GMST) response to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations is affected by the efficiency of ocean heat uptake, which in turn can be affected by oceanic mesoscale eddies. Using the Max Planck Institute - Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2), we find...
In this article we compile 108 national and international studies on global climate change, each projecting a quantitative impact on global surface-air temperature due to a doubling of the atmospheric CO 2 concentration. These predictions, documented between 1980 and 1995, are based primarily on clim...
DICE approximates the damages from climate change, as a proportion of the global economy, according to the damage function shown in Eq. (1). D(T)=φ1T+φ2T2 (1) Where T is the change in global mean surface temperature above the pre-industrial threshold, currently estimated to be ...
In the Achieved Commitments scenario, emissions are expected to decline by around 69 percent by 2050—compared to 55 percent in the Further Acceleration scenario and 35 percent in the Current Trajectory scenario. Depending on the scenario, the global mean surface air temperature could increase ...
The aim is to limit the increase of the average global surface temperature to no more than 2C (3.6F) compared with pre-industrial levels, to avoid 'dangerous' climate change. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said the figures showed that green growth is achievable not just for Br...
Fig. 2: Global mean surface air temperature responses attributed to individual GHG emissions (methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide) from future food consumption under a high-population projection. Population projections were taken from the SSP3 Regional Rivalry population growth scenario. The result...
Since PM2.5 particles are tiny, light and stable in chemical properties, they tend to stay longer from a week to decade days in the near-surface atmosphere than larger and heavier particles (Zhang et al., 2015). Additionally, owing to their tiny size, they can pass through the upper ...
Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are warming too' are examined to see what the science really
Global surface air temperature 13.50 13.63 13.50 13.63 TOA radiation N/A N/A N/A N/A Net atm energy imbalance 0.11 0.01 0.11 0.01 Change in ocean heat content +0.15 +0.15 +0.15 +0.15 Max MOC Atlantic streamfunction at 26.5N N/A N/A N/A N/A Change in sea level -0.2869 -0.2869 ...