(5) The Carbon Budget

• What is the carbon budget?

  The maximum amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted to limit global warming to a certain level
• Name effects of changes in the carbon budget on land:

  • More Photosynthesis
  • Perma Frost Melting
  • Nutrients Cycle developing faster
• What are the effects of changes in the carbon budget for oceans?

  • Ocean Acidification
  • Ocean Salinity
  • Sea Levels Rising
• What are the effects of changes in the carbon budget for the atmosphere?

  • Regional Climate change
  • Increasing Atmospheric CO2
  • Radiative forcing