Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Cloud, Water Vapor, and Lapse Rate Feedbacks; 5 3 Sea-Ice Feedbacks; 6 4 Ocean Heat Uptake and Ocean Circulation Feedbacks; 7 5 Terrestrial Hydrology and Vegetation Feedbacks; 8 6 Atmospheric Chemical Feedbacks; 9 7 Biogeochemical Feedbacks and the Carbon Cycle; 10 8 Modes of Variability; 11 9 Recommendations; 12 References; 13 Appendix A: Climate Change Feedbacks Workshop; 14 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members; 15 Appendix C: Acronyms

About the Author

Panel on Climate Change Feedbacks, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council