Net zero: science, origins, and implications

MR Allen, P Friedlingstein, CAJ Girardin… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This review explains the science behind the drive for global net zero emissions and why this
is needed to halt the ongoing rise in global temperatures. We document how the concept of …

Trends and variability in the ocean carbon sink

N Gruber, DCE Bakker, T DeVries, L Gregor… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The ocean has absorbed 25±2% of the total anthropogenic CO2 emissions from the early
1960s to the late 2010s, with rates more than tripling over this period and with a mean …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti… - Climate change 2021 …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

[HTML][HTML] National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850

MW Jones, GP Peters, T Gasser, RM Andrew… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)
have made significant contributions to global warming since the pre-industrial period and …

[HTML][HTML] Soil moisture–atmosphere feedback dominates land carbon uptake variability

V Humphrey, A Berg, P Ciais, P Gentine, M Jung… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Year-to-year changes in carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems have an essential role in
determining atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. It remains uncertain to what extent …

The GFDL Earth System Model version 4.1 (GFDL‐ESM 4.1): Overall coupled model description and simulation characteristics

JP Dunne, LW Horowitz, AJ Adcroft… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the baseline coupled model configuration and simulation characteristics of
GFDL's Earth System Model Version 4.1 (ESM4. 1), which builds on component and coupled …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) and key climate response of CMIP6 DECK, historical, and scenario simulations

Ø Seland, M Bentsen, D Olivié… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
The second version of the coupled Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) is presented
and evaluated. NorESM2 is based on the second version of the Community Earth System …

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Climate model projections from the scenario model intercomparison project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

C Tebaldi, K Debeire, V Eyring, E Fischer… - Earth System …, 2021 - esd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) defines and
coordinates the main set of future climate projections, based on concentration-driven …