Multicentury Changes to the Global Climate and Carbon Cycle: Results from a Coupled Climate and Carbon Cycle Model From: Journal of Climate | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: Caldeira, K; Delire, C; Mirin, A; Wickett, M; Bala, G | Copyright American Meteorological Society Nov 1, 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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A coupled climate and carbon (CO2) cycle model is used to investigate the global climate and carbon cycle changes out to the year 2300 that would occur if CO2 emissions from all the currently estimated fossil fuel resources were released to the atmosphere. By the year 2300, the global climate warms by about 8 K and atmospheric CO2 reaches 1423 ppmv. The warming is higher than anticipated because the sensitivity to radiative forcing increases as the simulation progresses. In th...

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