"Human influence on the climate system is clear..."
IPCC AR5 WG1
Why chapters 3 and 6?
The Oceans &
the Carbon Cycle
THE OCEAN IS SO VERY KEY!
SITE PURPOSE
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| Ocean warming
"Ocean warming dominates the increase in energy stored in the climate system, accounting for more than 90% of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010... It is virtually certain that the upper ocean (0-700 m) warmed from 1971 to 2010..."
"The global ocean will continue to warm during the 21st century. Heat will penetrate from the surface to the deep ocean and affect ocean circulation."
| Carbon cycle changes
"Climate change will affect carbon cycle processes in a way that will exacerbate the increase of [carbon dioxide] CO2 in the atmosphere... Further uptake of carbon by the ocean will increase ocean acidification."
THE REPORT
I have created and designed this site as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Colorado - Boulder. The content presented here represents the final project of a graduate seminar course/series and is intented to review and assess one chapter of the IPCC AR5 Working Group I Report.
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However, I study and research the ocean and am particularly interested in global carbon cycle processes -- therefore I have done my best to focus on particular pieces of two chapters addressing these topics, condensed as if I were only focusing on one chapter. Thus, you will NOT find a complete assessment of each chapter here, but a major focus on the ocean and its key role within the global carbon cycle (Chapter 3 with a bit of Chapter 6).
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THE SERIES
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THE OTHERS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report, Working Group I
What is the IPCC?
| Full Report Citation:
IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution to Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1535 pp, doi:10.1017/CBO9781107415324.
| Chapter 3 Citation:
Rhein, M., S.R. Rintoul, S. Aoki, E. Campos, D. Chambers, R.A., Feely, S. Gulev, G.C. Johnson, S.A. Josey, A. Kostianoy, C. Mauritzen, D. Roemmich, L.D. Talley and F. Wang, 2013: Observations: Ocean. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution to Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 255-316, doi:10.1017/CBO9781107415324.010.
| Chapter 6 Citation:
Ciais, P., C. Sabine, G. Bala, L. Bopp, V. Brovkin, J. Canadell, A. Chhabra, R. DeFries, J. Galloway, M. Heimann, C. Jones, C. Le Quéré, R.B. Myneni, S. Piao and P. Thornton, 2013: Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution to Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 465-570, doi:10.1017/CBO9781107415324.015
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