| NATS 101 Lecture 24 Climate and Climate Change |
| Climate Overview |
| Koppen Climate Classification Groups |
| More classification detail |
| What is Climate CHANGE? |
| Determining the Past Climate |
| Ice Core from Vostok, Antarctica |
| Most Recent Ice Age |
| SST 18,000 years BP |
| Temperatures Since Last Ice Age |
| Climate Changes Affect Mankind |
| Evidence of Climate Change |
| Causes of Climate Change |
| Causes of Climate Change |
| Milankovitch Theory of Ice Ages |
| Milankovitch Theory of Ice Ages |
| Climate Change over 10kyr to 500 Myr time scales |
| Long-Term Climate Change |
| Long-Term Climate Change |
| Our changing climate |
| Slide 21 |
| Global mean temperatures were rising faster with time |
| Solar variations appear at least partially responsible |
| ENSO and Volcanic influence? |
| Our changing climate |
| Our changing climate: Key Questions |
| Slide 27 |
| Our changing climate: Increasing CO2 concentrations |
| Changing CO2 concentrations |
| Slide 30 |
| Increasing CO2 concentrations |
| Our changing climate: Can we predict it? |
| GLOBAL Energy Flow Thru Atmosphere |
| Global Atmo Energy Balance |
| Global Atmo Energy Imbalance |
| Change in IR Emission to Space |
| Change in IR Emission to Space |
| Change in IR Emission to Space (contŐd) |
| Complexity of Climate System |
| Closer Look at Climate System |
| Climate Feedback Mechanisms |
| Positive and Negative Feedbacks |
| Positive and Negative Feedbacks |
| Positive and Negative Feedbacks |
| Key Points: Climate Change |
| Key Points: Climate Change |