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The Climate Change Group

The Climate Change Group. The “Knowers” Andy Bakun RSMAS/U Miami Tom Corringham* UCSD, Economics Dave Erickson Oak Ridge Nat. Lab Mickey Glantz Nat. Ctr Atmos. Res. Hey-Jin Kim* SIO John Moisan NASA Raghu Murtugudde U Maryland Ron O’Dor Census of Mar. Life Dave Pierce SIO

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The Climate Change Group

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  1. The Climate Change Group • The “Knowers” • Andy Bakun RSMAS/U Miami • Tom Corringham* UCSD, Economics • Dave Erickson Oak Ridge Nat. Lab • Mickey Glantz Nat. Ctr Atmos. Res. • Hey-Jin Kim* SIO • John Moisan NASA • Raghu Murtugudde U Maryland • Ron O’Dor Census of Mar. Life • Dave Pierce SIO • Gino Passalaqua* SIO • Nancy Knowlton SIO • Art Miller SIO • Joanie Kleypas Nat. Ctr Atmos. Res. *Able students

  2. The “Known” Projections of Climate Change best known Ocean pH Sea surface temperature Sea level Ocean stratification Water cycle glaciers and sea ice runoff (region-dependant) precipitation Changes in ocean circulation/wind patterns/upwelling Meridional overturning (thermohaline circulation) Tropical cyclone activity Dust delivery (and trace metals) to the oceans least known

  3. Direct effect of CO2 forcing [CO32-] at 280 ppmv and 560 ppmv

  4. Spatial differences in surface warming

  5. The “Known” Projections of Impacts on Biodiversity

  6. Predicted changes in “Ecosystem Domain Areas” from Climate Models of 2040-2060 Highly productive Productive Weakly productive Oligotrophic Sarmiento et al., 2004

  7. The Unknowns (and why) Forcings: • Feedbacks of clouds on climate • Temporal and spatial variance in all physical variables • Tropical cyclone effects on ventilation (reduction of the “dead zone”) • Effects of human behavior on climate change forcing (CO2, land use, etc.) Biodiversity: • Relationship between productivity and biodiversity in the open ocean • Time-scales of biological adaptation to changes in forcings • Roles of species interactions in modulating biodiversity • Response of subsurface biodiversity to surface changes

  8. The Unknowable, and the significance of not knowing • Behavior of large-scale climate oscillations • PDO/NAO/ENSO • could have large overriding effects • Glacial/Polar ice collapse • not likely, but would have huge impact • THC shutdown • not likely, but would have large impact • Biological ‘surprises’ • e.g., coral bleaching, marine diseases; animal behavior • can completely alter structure of marine biological community

  9. Gaps in knowledge: what do we need to know and why • Time-space patterns of “biodiversity” • baseline data on present-day or past biodiversity • retrospective studies or synthesis of existing data (COML) • Models • include intrinsic population variability necessary to assess biodiversity • higher resolution modeling at ecosystem/community scales • Development of downscaling, esp. in coastal regions • Physiological studies; genetic analyses of plasticity of species’/populations’ environmental tolerances

  10. Is it possible to reverse the trajectory of degradation? NO… but it’s possible to slow the trajectory • Stabilize emissions • does not halt the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases • DOES reduce the rate of change • Reduce non-climate stresses • Include projections of climate change as a component of conservation design

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