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Greenhouse effect: a natural phenomenon
essential for warming the surface of the Earth
Natural greenhouse effect Enhanced greenhouse effect
350 350
10
325 325
5
300 300
CO2 (ppm)
CO2 (ppm)
0 275 275
250 250
-5
225 225
-10
200 200
-15
175 175
20 400 400
CO2 today = 383 ppm 375 375
15
Temperature Anomaly (degrees F)
350 350
10
325 325
5
300 300
CO2 (ppm)
CO2 (ppm)
0 275 275
250 250
-5
225 225
-10
200 200
-15
175 175
2.5
Temperature Anomaly (degrees F)
1.5
1 Observed global
temperatures
0.5
-0.5
-1
1875 1925 1975 2025 2075
5
Temperature Anomaly (degrees F)
1 Observed global
temperatures
Future temperatures
0 with some emissions
reductions
-1
1875 1925 1975 2025 2075
8
Future temperatures
7
for “business-as-
Temperature Anomaly (degrees F)
6 usual” emissions
1 Observed global
temperatures Future temperatures
with some emissions
0 reductions
-1
1875 1925 1975 2025 2075
Observed
sea level rise
55
45
Relative Sea Level (cm)
Observed
sea level rise
Future sea level rise
with some emissions
reductions
2100
Projections from IPCC (2007) Working Group I Report
65
Observed
sea level rise Future sea level rise
with some emissions
reductions
2100
Projections from IPCC (2007) Working Group I Report
Precipitation Changes in 2100
Northern
Hemisphere
WINTER
Decreases in
most subtropical
land regions
Northern
Hemisphere
SUMMER
2080’s 5 to 8% increase in
arid/semiarid land;
no more wheat production in
Africa
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