Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases
Future ocean acidification mainly depends on the continuous ocean uptake of CO _2 from the atmosphere. The trajectory of future atmospheric CO _2 is prescribed in traditional climate projections with Earth system models, leading to a small model spread and apparently low uncertainties for projected...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:474a7b56b313490fb074f6982cfa62d4 2023-09-05T13:22:06+02:00 Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases Jens Terhaar Thomas L Frölicher Fortunat Joos 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acaf91 https://doaj.org/article/474a7b56b313490fb074f6982cfa62d4 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acaf91 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acaf91 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/474a7b56b313490fb074f6982cfa62d4 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 18, Iss 2, p 024033 (2023) ocean acidification Paris Agreement uncertainties Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acaf91 2023-08-13T00:36:51Z Future ocean acidification mainly depends on the continuous ocean uptake of CO _2 from the atmosphere. The trajectory of future atmospheric CO _2 is prescribed in traditional climate projections with Earth system models, leading to a small model spread and apparently low uncertainties for projected acidification, but a large spread in global warming. However, climate policies such as the Paris Agreement define climate targets in terms of global warming levels and as traditional simulations do not converge to a given warming level, they cannot be used to assess uncertainties in projected acidification. Here, we perform climate simulations that converge to given temperature levels using the Adaptive Emission Reduction Algorithm (AERA) with the Earth system model Bern3D-LPX at different setups with different Transient Climate Response to cumulative carbon Emissions (TCRE) and choices between reductions in CO _2 and non-CO _2 forcing agents. With these simulations, we demonstrate that uncertainties in surface ocean acidification are an order of magnitude larger than the usually reported inter-model uncertainties from simulations with prescribed atmospheric CO _2 . Uncertainties in acidification at a given stabilized temperature are dominated by TCRE and the choice of emission reductions of non-CO _2 greenhouse gases (GHGs). High TCRE and relatively low reductions of non-CO _2 GHGs, for example, necessitate relatively strong reductions in CO _2 emissions and lead to relatively little ocean acidification at a given temperature level. The results suggest that choices between reducing emissions of CO _2 versus non-CO _2 agents should consider the economic costs and ecosystem damage of ocean acidification. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Environmental Research Letters 18 2 024033 |
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Future ocean acidification mainly depends on the continuous ocean uptake of CO _2 from the atmosphere. The trajectory of future atmospheric CO _2 is prescribed in traditional climate projections with Earth system models, leading to a small model spread and apparently low uncertainties for projected acidification, but a large spread in global warming. However, climate policies such as the Paris Agreement define climate targets in terms of global warming levels and as traditional simulations do not converge to a given warming level, they cannot be used to assess uncertainties in projected acidification. Here, we perform climate simulations that converge to given temperature levels using the Adaptive Emission Reduction Algorithm (AERA) with the Earth system model Bern3D-LPX at different setups with different Transient Climate Response to cumulative carbon Emissions (TCRE) and choices between reductions in CO _2 and non-CO _2 forcing agents. With these simulations, we demonstrate that uncertainties in surface ocean acidification are an order of magnitude larger than the usually reported inter-model uncertainties from simulations with prescribed atmospheric CO _2 . Uncertainties in acidification at a given stabilized temperature are dominated by TCRE and the choice of emission reductions of non-CO _2 greenhouse gases (GHGs). High TCRE and relatively low reductions of non-CO _2 GHGs, for example, necessitate relatively strong reductions in CO _2 emissions and lead to relatively little ocean acidification at a given temperature level. The results suggest that choices between reducing emissions of CO _2 versus non-CO _2 agents should consider the economic costs and ecosystem damage of ocean acidification. |
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Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases |
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Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases |
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Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases |
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Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases |
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Ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of TCRE and non-CO2 greenhouse gases |
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ocean acidification in emission-driven temperature stabilization scenarios: the role of tcre and non-co2 greenhouse gases |
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