NATS 101 Lecture 33 Climate Change (contŐd)

The Natural Greenhouse Effect: clear sky

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Global Warming Potential (GWP)

Changing CO2 concentrations

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Increasing CO2 concentrations

Predictions of increased CO2 & Temperature

Missing Carbon Sink

Ocean Carbon Uptake

Ocean Uptake of CO2

The Oceans & Global Change

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Ocean Transport of Heat

3D ŇConveyor BeltÓ Concept

Potential Changes Related to the Ocean

Change in Thermohaline Circulation

Change in Ocean Chemistry

Ocean Acidification    (SciAm article)

Sea level is rising:

Observed Ocean Warming

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Surface melt on Greenland

Greenland ice mass budget

Snow cover and Arctic sea ice are decreasing

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Land surface temperatures are rising faster than SSTs

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Water vapor increase at higher temperatures

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