Abrupt Climate Change

Public Review Draft for Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.4

Also available:
CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products. Four-page background document (dated September 2007). In addition, it is available as a PDF file and can be ordered in hardcopy from the GCRIO Online Catalog

Comments on the draft report will be accepted through June 16, 2008. See also the Federal Register notice published on 30 April 2008.

Invitation to Comment on Public Review Draft

Instructions for Submission of Public Comments

Full Report [PDF] [9 Mb]

Individual Sections:

Preface [38 Kb]

Executive Summary [54 Kb]

Chapter 1. Introduction: Abrupt Changes in the Earth's Climate System [2 Mb]

Chapter 2. Rapid Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets and their Impacts on Sea Level [2 Mb]

Chapter 3. Hydrological Variability and Change [2 Mb]

Chapter 4. The Potential for Abrupt Change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation [3 Mb]

Chapter 5. Potential for Abrupt Changes in Atmospheric Methane [1 Mb]

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