10kclimatechallenge
10kclimatechallenge
Are you the next great climate scientist? Awarding $10,000 for the proven reproducible rate of CO2 forcing. (Verified by the UN IPCC)
Ocean Questions
These are all the questions I found related to this topic in the 3000+ pages of IPCC AR4 and AR5.
AR6 coming soon!
Very important fundamental questions exist today about the oceans influence on the climate. For example, are the oceans an over-all positive or a negative feedback on the climate? This is a very basic but extremely important question which has no proven answer today.
The IPCC tells us today there is more debate on the ocean’s effect on the climate than ever. They explain they are gaining understanding of the power as well as the scale of the ocean’s effect while admitting big questions exist today.
The fact is they have been gaining knowledge on the oceans going back to the 1970s when claiming an ice age could happen without considering the oceans at all. This prove to be major flaw in thinking as you cannot understand the climate without considering the oceans. Is the same mistake being made again today?
Here the IPCC asks the important basic question whether the oceans are a passive recipient of atmospheric forcing or an active contributor? (AR4 Section 1.4.6 Page 111)
The IPCC reminds us how important the oceans are in storing and transporting large amounts of heat, freshwater, and carbon. For example, it is estimated the oceans contain about 93% of heat energy stored over the last 50 years. Then over the oceans three fourths of all evaporation and precipitation occur. The oceans contain 50x more CO2 than all of the atmosphere. (AR5 Section 3.1 Page 260)
One important question that has arose since AR4 is what the IPCC calls “missing energy”.
A study on ocean measurements shows a decline in OHR (ocean heating rate) which differs from what they expected compared to the observed TOA (top of atmosphere) radiation. They call this “missing energy”. They note a study suggesting the missing energy “likely occurs” in the deeper ocean or below 275 meters. (AR5 Section 2.3.2 Page 182)
All of these questions are a challenges for the next generation of climate scientists.
Another important area of question focused on by the IPCC is the oceans’ temperature because there are many questions as well as important areas lacking data.
For example, the IPCC goes on to state it is “also likely that the upper ocean warmed over the first half of 20th century”. They list details about depth, time frames and latitudes here. (AR5 Section 3.2.5 Page 265)
The Questions Chapter
Over 150 climate questions from AR4/AR5.
Questions and more questions.
This section highlights all the important climate questions described in the UN’s IPCC assessment reports, AR4 and AR5. AR6 is coming soon!
AR4 and AR5 make up the most complete and current climate information out there, a road map for future generations. However, they are not the easiest reads because information on any particular subject is found throughout the 3000+ pages of these reports.
You make think over time there would be less questions as the climate gets figured out, but from AR4 to AR5 the number of question and material increased by several fold.
One reason for this increase in climate questions from AR4 to AR5 is the fact many predictions made in AR4 were missed, and things have been learned.
The IPCC examines most of these in more detail throughout AR5 using AR4 as a base for the science.
Inspiring the next generation
You might be on the same path?
Sharing what I have learned in my 35 years of being a “climate activist”.
Be an informed climate activist or maybe even the next great scientist.
AR4 and AR5 are road maps for the next generation of climate scientists.
I am awarding $10,000 for the proven rate of CO2 forcing to the next great scientist of our time.
Review of the IPCC AR4 and AR5
Collection of 9200 peer-reviewed climate studies. This is the science with 100s of questions, contradictions, missed predictions, areas lacking data, and more.
Following the Science
Become an informed climate activist!
10kclimatechallange
All the Chapters
My Personal Climate Journey.
35 years and counting. You may be on the same journey.
Review of IPCC AR4 and AR5
Why AR4 and AR5 are so important.
Theory Chapter
Breaks down CO2 forcing and why models are important.
Temperature Chapter
What is warming? Entire earth? Oceans? Surface? What to know.
Model Chapter
Why use models? How are they doing?
Ocean Chapter
Role of the world's oceans that stores over 90% of Earth's heat.
Atmosphere Chapter
Is the atmosphere cooling or warming the earth?
Gases Chapter
Focus on CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
Civilization Chapter
Looking at past climate change affect on previous civilizations.
Question Chapter - ON LINE
Summary of every important question I found in AR4/AR5. More than 150 of them.
Prediction Chapter
Summary of every important prediction I found in AR4/AR5.
What is the IPCC?
UN’s IPCC Assessment Reports 4 and 5 (AR4 2007 and AR5 2014). These UN reports include over 600 authors from 32 different countries assessing 9,200 peer-reviewed studies so they are the all-inclusive on the current state of climate science putting out new reports every seven or so years.
AR5 explains the United Nation’s IPCC was created in 1988 to provide world governments with “clear information on the state of today’s climate science as well as potential impacts, and options for adaptation and migration based on regular assessments”. (AR5 Section 1.2.1 page 123)
Weather versus Climate
Is the weather or the climate easier to predict?
