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CLIMATE CHANGE PAST, PRESENT  AND FUTURE J.SRINIVASAN DIVECHA CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE
This  Book  claims that  Global warming  is a  hoax
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Planetary Emergency?
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Climate is  different  from  weather ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],CLIMATE  IS  WEATHER   AVERAGED  OVER TIME
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Climate Change ,[object Object],[object Object]
HOW DID  THE  CLIMATE  OF THE  EARTH  VARY IN THE  PAST ? WHAT FACTORS CONTROLLED THESE  CLIMATE  VARIATIONS?
 
Oscillation between  ice-free  and  ice-covered  earth
MULTIPLE EQUILIBIRUM RADIATION
 
 
From Oerlemans and Van Den Dool, 1978
5 Billion years Earth’s history ,[object Object]
 
Important Greenhouse Gases
Water  exists in solid, liquid and gas from only on  earth
Greenhouse   Effect
Climate in the Last  180  million years ,[object Object]
Mid-Cretaceous Climate (100 Ma) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://alaskageology.org/polardinos.html
 
 
Long-term carbon cycle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Important flows of carbon on 100,000 year time scales
Last 1 million years ,[object Object]
Last 120,000  years ,[object Object]
Last 18,000 years
GISP2 Drilling Project
 
Extracting An Ice Core
Annual Layers In Ice Core
 
 
Oxygen Isotopes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 18 O ,[object Object],[object Object]
 18 O and Global Ice Volume ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 18 O   vs. Temperature
 
Figure 2.22: Variations of temperature, methane, and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations derived from air trapped within ice cores from Antarctica (adapted from Sowers and Bender, 1995; Blunier et al., 1997; Fischer et al., 1999; Petit et al., 1999).
The cooling and warming during the ice ages and interglacial periods, however,  was far greater  than would be expected from  the tiny changes in solar energy reaching the Earth   Milankovitch  Hypothesis
 
[object Object],Solar Rad  Temperature Increases   Higher   Greenhouse  Effect CO2, CH4  and Water Vapor increases Ice becomes water Absorbs more  solar energy POSITIVE FEEDBACK POSITIVE FEEDBACK
 
where  X  is  ice mass , Y  is  ocean temperature Z  is  CO 2 NON-LINEARITY  & CHAOS
 
Complacent Attitude
From Union of Concerned Scientists
Sarmiento & Gruber 2002 Atmospheric CO 2  concentrations for the last millennium
 
 
 
[object Object],CO 2   Temperature Increases   Higher   Greenhouse  Effect Water Vapor increases Ice becomes water Absorbs more  solar energy POSITIVE FEEDBACKS POSITIVE FEEDBACK
Before  1970 , both  natural  and  human  factors could have played a role
The embedded systems VC by Florian Boor has been shifted to Hall 3 ICSR and will go on in the
 
 
 
 
 
FINGERPRINT  OF  ANTHROPOGENIC   GREENHOUSE  EFFECT
Satellite Records Show Stratospheric Cooling and Warming!
 
Backlund et al in “U.S.Climate Change Program”
 
The Global Carbon Cycle Humans Land 2000 ~90 ~120 ~120 7 GtC/yr ~90 About half the CO 2  released by humans is absorbed by oceans and land Atmosphere 760 + 3/yr Ocean 38,000
“ Suess Effect” The  decline of C14  after the nuclear tests demonstrates that  CO2 entering the  atmosphere through  fossil  fuel use
 
Over the last 25 years,  Gangotri  glacier has retreated more than 850 meters
 
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General Circulation Models (GCMs)
Source:  Jerry Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research
from www.realclimate.org
Source:  National Center for Atmospheric Research The planet is committed to a warming over the next  50 years regardless of  political decisions Adaptation Necessary Mitigation Possible
 
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Models predict increase in extremes
 
Heavy rainfall events (>10cm) Very heavy rainfall events (>15cm) Heavy precipitation events over Central India have increased during last 50 years Source: IITM, Goswami et al. 2006; data is the frequency in each of 143 grids in the region Light to moderate rainfall events (5-100 mm)
JJA   RAINFALL  CHANGE (%) {2080-99 }  –  {1980-99} NUMBER OF MODELS  THAT PREDICT  AN  INCREASE IN RAINFALL HOW WILL THE MONSOON ( JUNE,JULY AUGUST) RAINFALL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE ?
Courtesy: Courtesy: Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
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© 2008 Sustainability Institute Summer Sea Ice in the Arctic 2008 2007
 
 
Lawrence and Slater 2005
Tide Gauge Observations Average Rate ~ 1.8 mm/year 0.8 mm/year 2.0 mm/year 3.2 mm/year [Church and White, 2006]
Methane Release from Arctic Lakes Burning methane over  in Siberia (K. Walter)  Methane bubbles trapped in lake ice Lakes boiling with methane in the Arctic
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of glacier melting on sea level   0.5m 7m 57m Courtesy: SCAR
 
 
Millions at Risk  from Parry et al., 2001
Tipping elements  Processes, particularly sensitive to climate change Arctic sea ice melting Deep water  formation Antarctic ozone hole West Antarctic  ice sheet Amazon vegetation Marine  carbon cycle Indian monsoon Sahara El Niño Southern Oscillation Himalaya snow cover Methane outgasing Arctic ozone depletion Greenland  ice sheet
Transition in Monsoon  occurs  within 25 years ! Burns  et al.  (2003)  Science  301: 1365-1367 Socotra Island (12°30’ N 54°E)  Indian Ocean cave stalagmite proxy for monsoonal precipitation Greenland ice core proxy for local temperature
Ocean Conveyor Belt Adapted from IPCC SYR Figure 4-2
GEOENGINEERING
Rockström et al, Nature 24 Sep 2009
9  PLANTERY BOUNDARIES Transgressing one or more  planetary boundaries  may be deleterious or even  catastrophic  due to the risk of crossing thresholds that will trigger non-linear,  abrupt  environmental change within continental- to planetary-scale systems.
 
Deutsches Museum (2003) RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Risk of overshooting 2 º C target Source: den Elzen and Meinshausen
 
Deforestation
 
 
From Anthes et al(2005)
From Giorgi , ICTP, Trieste
 
Global Mean Surface Temperature CRU
From Ben Santer
 
Deglaciation
Trends in Indian Monsoon Rainfall % change in 100 years, IITM,Pune

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  2. From Jerry Meehl This slide shows the time evolution of globally averaged surface air temperature from multiple ensemble simulations of 20th century climate from the NCAR Parallel Climate Model (PCM) compared to observations. The simulations start in the late 19th century, and continue to the year 2000. The temperature scale at left is in degrees Centigrade, and temperature anomalies are calculated relative to a reference period averaged from 1890 to 1919. The black line shows the observed data, or the actual, recorded globally averaged surface air temperatures from the past century. The blue and red lines are the average of four simulations each from the computer model. The pink and light blue shaded areas depict the range of the four simulations for each experiment, giving an idea of the uncertainty of a given realization of 20th century climate from the climate model. The blue line shows the average from the four member ensemble of the simulated time evolution of globally average surface air temperature when only "natural" influences (solar variability and volcanic eruptions) are included in the model. Therefore, the blue line represents what the model says global average temperatures would have been if there had been no human influences. The red line shows the average of the four member ensemble experiment when natural forcings AND anthropogenic influences (greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, sulfate aerosols from air pollution, and ozone changes) are included in the model. Note that this model can reproduce the actual, observed data very well only if the combined effects of natural and anthropogenic factors are included. The conclusion that can be drawn is that naturally occuring influences on climate contributed to most of the warming that occurred before WWII, but that the large observed temperature increases since the 1970s can only be simulated in the model if anthropogenic factors are included. This confirms the conclusion of the IPCC Third Assessment Report that most of the warming we have observed in the latter part of the 20th century has been due to human influences.
  3. Graph shows Hadley Centre model prediction for areas with future cyclone generation (red/orange) in global warming scenario, compared to actual track of Catarina. Point out that observed trend in hurricane activity is still under debate. Globale Erwärmung  A) mehr Verdunstung  Trockenheit, B)mehr Wasserdampf  1) mehr Wasser kann fallen, 2) mehr latente Wärme Abschwächung des meridionalen Temp-gefälles  weniger Westwindwetterlagen Verschiebung von typischen Wetterlagen  mehr Extreme an einem Ort
  4. In fact, ocean currents are extremely important in determining the climate of the world’s continents.  This model shows the major ocean currents, with orange representing warm surface currents and blue representing cold deep currents.  The light circles represent areas where heat is release into the atmosphere. 