climate change by the numbers
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Climate Change By the Numbers. John R. Christy University of Alabama in Huntsville Alabama State Climatologist. Consensus is not Science. Michael Crichton. Consensus is not Science. Michael Crichton. All Science is numbers. William Thompson (Lord Kelvin). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Climate ChangeBy the Numbers
John R. ChristyUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville
Alabama State Climatologist
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Consensus is not Science
Michael Crichton
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Consensus is not Science
William Thompson (Lord Kelvin)
All Science is numbers
Michael Crichton
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Some people will do anything to save the Earth ...
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Some people will do anything to save the Earth ...
except take a science course.
Greenhouse “Affect”, Rolling Stone
P.J. O’Rourke
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The Basic Numbers
• Carbon Dioxide has increased 35%• Global Surface temperature rose
0.7 °C in past 100 years• Surface temperature response to
2xCO2 increases (alone) is ~ 1 C• The associated feedbacks are
where the uncertainties are large (i.e. no confident numbers)
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The Basic Numbers• Humans produce about 7 to 8
gigatons of CO2 (carbon mass) per year mainly from energy production
• About 3.5 to 4 gigatons accumulate in the air each year
• There are about 740 gigatons of CO2 in the atmosphere
• CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing around 0.5% per year
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The Basics
• Climate is always “changing”– Global temperature is rising or
falling– Sea level is rising or falling– Glaciers are retreating or
advancing
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"Global" Surface Temperature HadCRUT3
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
Mean Surface TemperaturesA Proper Metric?
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Modelers knew the answer ahead of time - not a true scientific experiment. The scientific method requires an independent comparison - i.e. upper air temperatures which modelers in general did not force agreement.
IPCC SPM
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Is Mean Surface Temperature an
Appropriate Index for the Greenhouse Effect?
TMean = (TMax + TMin)/2
TMean = (Daytime + Nighttime)/2
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Day vs. Night Surface Temp
Nighttime - disconnectedshallow layer/inversion. Temperature affected by land-use changes, buildings, farming, etc.
Daytime - deep layer mixing, connected with levels impacted by enhanced greenhouse effect
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Night Surface Temp
Nighttime - disconnectedshallow layer/inversion. But this situation can be sensitive to small changes such as roughness or heat sources.
Buildings, heat releasing surfaces, aerosols, greenhouse gases, etc. can disrupt the delicate inversion, mixing warm air downward - affecting TMin.
Warm air above inversion
Cold air near surface
Warm air
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No. Alabama Summer TMax Temperatures 1893-2007
28
30
32
34
36
1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
Observations: -0.12 °C/decade
Christy 2002, updated to 2007
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Alabama Annual Precipitation 1896-2007
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
Observations: +1.04 in/decade
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Annual Mean Temperature
60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
AlabamaFloridaGeorgia
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Mean Surface TemperatureSoutheast USA 1899-2003
-0.06
-0.04
-0.02
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
Observations BCM CCMA CCMA_T63 CSIRO GFDL_0 GFDL_1 IPSL MIROC3 MPI MRI
ModelsObservation
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Christy et al. 2006, J. Climate
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MODIS21 Jul 2002
Jacques DescloitresMODIS Land Rapid Response Team NASA GSFC
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Snyder et al. 2002
Sierras warm faster than Valley in model simulations
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CA Valley and Sierra (Jun-Nov) 1910-2003
8
10
12
14
16
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
°C
Valley TMin
Sierra TMin
Christy et al. 2006
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Main Point:
Average surface temperatures (average of daytime and nighttime) are poor proxies for greenhouse detection because of nighttime contamination by human development - likely overstating actual atmospheric warming. Models do not replicate past regional temperature well in many places, including the Southeast.
• Christy 2002• Christy et al. 2006• Pielke, Sr. 2007• Walters et al. 2007
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Upper Air TemperaturesA Better Proxy
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Vertical Temperature Change due to Greenhouse Forcing in
Models
Model Simulations of Tropical Troposphere Warming:About 2X surfaceLee et al. 2007
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Upper Air Tropical Trends
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
Dataset
°C/decade since 1979
Theory
ERA-40
NCEP/NCAR
JRA-25
HadAT2
RATPAC
RAOBCORE
UAH
RSS
Observations
Theory
Christy and Norris 2006,Christy et al. 2007Douglass et al. 2007
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-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006
Global Bulk Atmospheric TemperaturesUAH Satellite Data
Warming rate 60% of model projections
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Main Point:
Better proxies (daytime surface temperature and tropospheric temperatures) show only modest changes, and no change in the Southeast, neither of which are reproduced well in models.
• Christy and Spencer 2005• Christy and Norris 2006• Christy et al. 2007
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Greenhouse Effect
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Total Greenhouse Effect
• Water vapor and Clouds Dominate
• Total Greenhouse Effect is variable
• Climate models show strong water-vapor/cloud positive feedback with increased CO2
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Greenhouse Effect
0
20
40
60
80
100
Percentage Greenhouse Effect
Water Vapor and Clouds
CO2
Other
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Greenhouse Response of Clouds and Water Vapor to Increasing CO2
0
20
40
60
80
100
Percentage Greenhouse Effect
Water Vapor and Clouds
CO2
Other
Negative Feedback?(mitigates CO2 impact)
Positive Feedback?(enhances CO2 impact - models)
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Tropical Temp. and Cloud Forcing on month-to-month time scales
Negative feedback [Spencer et al. (2007)]Cloud variations act to counter temperature
rises(Heat trapping clouds decrease when air is
warmed)
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
-0.2 0 0.2 0.4
Troposphere Temp Anomaly
LW+SW CRF (W/m2)
Clo
ud
Resp
on
se
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• •
2007: Jan-Aug only
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Main Point:
The most important greenhouse components (clouds and water vapor) are poorly understood and poorly characterized in climate models
Spencer et al. 2007
“Models tend to overestimate positive feedback from water vapor …[and] underestimate negative feedback from cloud[s]” Sun et al. 2007.
“The low equilibrium climate sensitivity … [is] well below current best estimates ... in the IPCC (2007)” Schwartz 2007.
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Cold Places?
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Arctic Sea Ice
Chapman, U.Illinois
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North Polar RegionsTemperature HadCRUT3
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
Arctic 70-85N
Satellite Sea Ice Record
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Greenland Summer Temperatures
Vinther et al. 2005
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
JJA11-Year Avg
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Greenland Borehole TemperatureDahl-Jensen et al. 1998
-32.5
-32.0
-31.5
-31.0
-30.5
0 500 1000 1500 2000
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Greenland Borehole TemperatureDahl-Jensen et al. 1998
-35.0
-34.0
-33.0
-32.0
-31.0
-30.0
-29.0
-8000 -6000 -4000 -2000 0 2000
Year
°C
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Sidorova et al. 2007
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AlaskaHadley CRU 3 (°C)
Shift in 1977, but high natural variability
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
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When Hemingway writes “Snows of
Kilimanjaro”—half of the “snows” are
already gone
X
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Arusha/Kilimanjaro
TMax
Mass Gain in 2006Molg and Kaser 2007
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Regional Snowpack, Central Andes, 1951-2005Masiokas et al. 2006
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Antarctica Sea Ice
Chapman, U.Illinois
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Antarctica Sea Ice
Chapman, U.Illinois
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Schneider et al. 2006
AntarcticaThermometersIce Cores
Antarctica Temperature VariationsIsotopes (green, Schneider et al. 2006), Thermometers (blue,
HadCRUT3)
-0.6-0.5-0.4-0.3-0.2-0.10.00.10.20.30.40.5
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000°C Departures from Average
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Sea Level Rise?
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Rate of rise for last 50 Years:IPCC 2007 9” / Century
Jevrejeva et al. 2006 9” / CenturyWoppelmann et al. 2007 6” /
Century
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Suzuki et al. 2005+ Thermal Expansion+ Greenland melting- Antarctica accumulation
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Extreme Weather?
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Oklahoma - record long period (> 100 days) without a tornado 2003-04
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US Hurricanes
U.S. Hurricane Strikes by Decade (NOAA 2007)
0
5
10
15
20
25
1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
Last year of Decade
Cat 1-5Cat 3-5 2001-2006
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Global Hurricane ActivityThere has been no significant change in
global net tropical cyclone activity (Klotzbach 2006)
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Bringing on prolonged drought, heat waves Greenhouse pollution: Utah warming faster than
anywhere else on Earth!
By Patty HenetzThe Salt Lake TribuneGov. Huntsman commissioned the report on Aug. 25, 2006, with the specific instruction that it include a scientific report that was not subject to the same debate as the rest of the issues the council undertook.
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Droughts? US: Blue = Fewer and Shorter
Andreadis and Lettenmairer 2006
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Evidence Thus Far
• Global surface temperature is rising, but in a way inconsistent with model projections of GHG forcing
• Overall decline in ice mass, with sea level rise of about 1” per decade
• Severe weather not becoming more frequent
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Please don’t demonizing energy
because:
Without energy, life is brutal and short
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Energy Technology1900: World supported
56 billion human-life years
2005: World supports 429 billion
human-life years
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Kenya, East Africa
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Energy Transmission
Energy System
Energy Use
Energy Source
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The Dilemma of “doing something about global
warming” • Meet significant growth in energy
demand• Supply affordable energy
– Benefits of energy are ubiquitous and innumerable. People want energy.
– Health, security and longevity enhanced by affordable energy
• Reduce CO2 emissions substantially so as to have a detectable impact on emissions (massive reductions) and thus “manage the climate”
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What did California do?
• Force a limit on emissions of Light Duty Vehicles
• California AB 1493 seeks to reduce tail-pipe emissions of CO2 by 26% by 2016
• 11 NE States adopted AB 1493• Trial in Federal Court (Burlington
VT) to address the engineering, legal and climate issues of AB 1493, April-May 2007
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Question
• What would be the impact on global surface temperatures of adopting and adhering to AB 1493?
• Start with IPCC AR4 “Best Guess” scenario (A1B “business as usual”)
• Adjust CO2 emissions to reflect adoption and adherence by (a) California, (b) the Northeast and (c) all of U.S.
• Perform calculations so as to overestimate impact, not underestimate impact
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IPCC “Best Estimate”
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
199020002010202020302040205020602070208020902100
A1B
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California AB 149326% CO2 reduction LDV 2016
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
199020002010202020302040205020602070208020902100
A1BCANo. EastUSA
Net Impact if all US 0.01°C 2100
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Answers• The answers indicated the
impact would be so tiny as to be undetectable and immeasurable
• If applied to the entire world, the net impact by 2100 would be no more than 0.03 °C, again, an undetectable amount
• The impact on sea level rise would be 1 mm by 2100 if all U.S. adhered
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Pg 46
“Plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Christy estimated that implementing the regulations across the entire United States would reduce global temperature by about 1/100th (.01) of a degree by 2100. Hansen did not contradict that testimony.”
Judge William Sessions III Ruling 12 Sept 2007
AB 1493 is legal
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Questions
• What could make a “dent” in forecasted global temperatures?
• What would be the impact of building 1000 nuclear power plants and putting them on-line by 2020?– (average 1.4 gigawatt output
each)
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IPCC “Best Estimate”
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
199020002010202020302040205020602070208020902100
A1B
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Net Effect of 10% CO2 emission reduction to A1B Scenario
(~1000 Nuclear Plants by 2020)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
199020002010202020302040205020602070208020902100
A1B Emissions
10% Reduction A1B
Net Impact 0.07°C 2050
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Answers about Nuclear Power
• By 2050, a reduction of global surface temperature by at most 0.07 °C
• By 2100 a reduction of global surface temperature by at most 0.15 °C
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Main Points:
Without energy, life is brutal and short.
Proposed “do-something-about-global-warming” initiatives will not detectably alter whatever the climate is going to do.
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A MORE RATIONAL APPROACH?
• In 50 years will we learn that the most cost-effective path was to adapt to changes we actually observed and measured, rather than try to outguess Mother Nature’s course?
• In 50 years will we be surprised not by climate change but by the inventive minds of our scientists and engineers, unfettered by mandates, as they discover profitable and affordable ways to generate energy without carbon emissions?
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20th CenturyTransportation was
de-horsified
21st CenturyEnergy will be de-carbonized
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