Global Climate Change Predictions for the XXI Century (Part 1)

Clearly anticipating changes in the next 100 to 150 years, are based entirely in simulation models. Understandably most of the models have focused on the effects of anthropogenic pollution of the atmosphere by greenhouse gases and to a lesser extent, atmospheric aerosols. The greatest present concern is determining how the Earth was warm in the near future. In the last decade, several complexes of general circulation models (GCMS) have attempted to simulate the future anthropogenic climate change. Have reached the following conclusions:

An average global warming of between 1.5 and 4.5 ° C occur, the best estimate being 2.5 ° C.
The stratosphere is cooled significantly.
The warm surface will be greater at high latitudes in winter, but lower during the summer.
The global precipitation will increase between 3 and 15%.
There will be increased throughout the years of precipitation at high latitudes, while some tropical areas, will experience small decreases.

Global Warming Predictions, part 2

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