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Ice shelf |
Ocean heat contentSnow cover |
Sea ice |
(Arctic) |
Abyssal plainO2 |
Ocean oxygenIce sheet mass |
(Greenland & Antarctica) |
Cryosphere Changes |
Ocean Changes |
Deep oceanCarbon dioxideWater |
Heat |
Ocean circulationCoast |
pH |
Increase |
Decrease |
Figure TS.2 | Schematic illustration of key components and changes of the ocean and cryosphere, and their linkages in the Earth system throug h the global exchange of |
heat, water, and carbon (Section 1.2). Climate change-related effects (increase/decrease indicated by arrows in pictograms) in the ocean include sea level rise, increasing |
ocean heat content and marine heat waves, increasing ocean oxygen loss and ocean acidification (Section 1.4.1). Changes in the c ryosphere include the decline of Arctic sea |
ice extent, Antarctic and Greenland ice sheet mass loss, glacier mass loss, permafrost thaw, and decreasing snow cover extent ( Section 1.4.2). For illustration purposes, a few |
examples of where humans directly interact with ocean and cryosphere are shown (for more details see Box 1.1). |
44Technical Summary |
TShigh aciditylow acidityHistorical changes (observed and modelled) and projections under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 for key indicators |
Historical (modelled) Historical (observed) Projected (RCP2.6) Projected (RCP8.5) |
−1012345(a) Global mean surface air temperature |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
−6−4−202 |
(i) Ocean oxygen (100−600 m depth) |
% |
(j) Arctic sea ice extent |
(September) |
% |
1950 2000 2050 2100(l) Near−surface permafrost area |
year1950 2000 2050 2100 |
yearºC |
%change relative to 1986−2005 |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
year−1012345(b) Global mean sea surface temperatureºCchange relative to 1986−2005 |
015101520(c) Marine heatwave daysmultiplication factorfactor of change relative to 1986−20057.87.98.08.1 |
pH(h) Surface ocean pH |
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metres |
080016002400(d) Ocean heat content (0−2000 m depth)1021 Joulesand sea level equivalent (right axis) |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
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(e) Greenland ice sheet mass loss |
as sea level equivalent,metres |
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(f) Antarctic ice sheet mass loss |
as sea level equivalent,metres |
1950 2000 2050 210000.10.20.3 |
(g) Glacier mass loss |
as sea level equivalent,metres |
yearchange relative to 1986−2005 |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
1950 |
metres* |
* |
2000 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300012345 |
primary drivers |
(m) Global mean sea level |
change relative to 1986− 2005* |
*−100−50050 |
−100−50050100 |
−100−50050(k) Arctic snow cover extent (June) |
% |
change relative to 1986−2005 |
0.43 m0.84 mPast and future changes in the ocean and cryosphere |
Figure TS.3 |
45Technical Summary |
TSFigure TS.3 | Observed and modelled historical changes in the ocean and cryosphere since 19502, and projected future changes under low (RCP2.6) and high (RCP8.5) |
greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. Changes are shown for: (a) Global mean surface air temperature change with likely range. {Box SPM.1, Cross-Chapter Box 1 in Chapter 1} |
Ocean-related changes with very likely ranges for (b) Global mean sea surface temperature change {Box 5.1, 5.2.2}; (c) Change factor in surface ocean marine heatwave days |
{6.4.1}; (d) Global ocean heat content change (0–2000 m depth). An approximate steric sea level equivalent is shown with the right axis by multiplying the ocean heat content |
by the global-mean thermal expansion coefficient ( Ƃ ≈ 0.125 m per 1024 Joules3) for observed warming since 1970 {Figure 5.1}; (h) Global mean surface pH (on the total |
scale). Assessed observational trends are compiled from open ocean time series sites longer than 15 years {Box 5.1, Figure 5.6, 5.2.2}; and (i) Global mean ocean oxygen change |
(100–600 m depth). Assessed observational trends span 1970–2010 centered on 1996 {Figure 5.8, 5.2.2}. Sea level changes with li kely ranges for (m) Global mean sea level |
change. Hashed shading reflects low confidence in sea level projections beyond 2100 and bars at 2300 reflect expert elicitation on the range of possible sea level change {4.2.3, |
Figure 4.2}; and components from (e,f) Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet mass loss {3.3.1}; and (g) Glacier mass loss {Cross-Chapter Box 6 in Chapter 2, Table 4.1}. Further |
cryosphere-related changes with very likely ranges for (j) Arctic sea ice extent change for September4 {3.2.1, 3.2.2 Figure 3.3}; (k) Arctic snow cover change for June (land areas |
north of 60ºN) {3.4.1, 3.4.2, Figure 3.10}; and (l) Change in near-surface (within 3–4 m) permafrost area in the Northern Hemisphere {3.4.1, 3.4.2, Figure 3.10}. Assessments |
of projected changes under the intermediate RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 scenarios are not available for all variables considered here, bu t where available can be found in the underlying |
report. {For RCP4.5 see: 2.2.2, Cross-Chapter Box 6 in Chapter 2, 3.2.2, 3.4.2, 4.2.3, for RCP6.0 see Cross-Chapter Box 1 in Ch apter 1} |
2 This does not imply that the changes started in 1950. Changes in some variables have occurred since the pre-industrial period. |
3 This scaling factor (global-mean ocean expansion as sea level rise in metres per unit heat) varies by about 10% between differe nt models, and it will systematically increase |
by about 10% by 2100 under RCP8.5 forcing due to ocean warming increasing the average thermal expansion coefficient. {4.2.1, 4.2 .2, 5.2.2} |
4 Antarctic sea ice is not shown here due to low confidence in future projections. {3.2.2}snow cover is decreasing ( very high confidence ), and permafrost |
temperatures are increasing ( high confidence ). Improvements |
since AR5 in observation systems, techniques, reconstructions and model developments, have advanced scientific characterisation and understanding of ocean and cryosphere change, including in previously |
identified areas of concern such as ice sheets and Atlantic Meridional |
Overturning Circulation (AMOC). {1.1, 1.4, 1.8.1, Figure TS.3} |
Evidence and understanding of the human causes of climate |
warming, and of associated ocean and cryosphere changes, |
has increased over the past 30 years of IPCC assessments ( very |
high confidence ). Human activities are estimated to have caused |
approximately 1.0ºC of global warming above pre-industrial levels |
(SR15). Areas of concern in earlier IPCC reports, such as the expected |
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