6. Future climate changes

• 6.1 Emission scenarios
  • 6.1.1 The purpose of the scenarios and scenario development
  • 6.1.2 Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES)
  • 6.1.3 Representative concentration pathways (RCPs)
  
  
• 6.2 Climate projections for the 21^st century
  • 6.2.1 Changes in global mean surface temperature
  • 6.2.2 The spatial distribution of surface temperature and precipitation changes
  • 6.2.3 Changes in the ocean and sea ice
  • 6.2.4 Changes in the carbon cycle and climate-carbon feedbacks
  
  
• 6.3 Long-term climate changes
  • 6.3.1 The carbon cycle
  • 6.3.2 Sea level and ice sheets
  
  
• Cited references and further reading
  
  
• Exercices
  
  
• Web links