Report Chapter List

• About this Report
• Guide to this Report
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Our Globally Changing Climate
• Chapter 2: Physical Drivers of Climate Change
• Chapter 3: Detection and Attribution of Climate Change
• Chapter 4: Climate Models, Scenarios, and Projections
• Chapter 5: Large-Scale Circulation and Climate Variability
• Chapter 6: Temperature Changes in the United States
• Chapter 7: Precipitation Change in the United States
• Chapter 8: Droughts, Floods, and Wildfire
• Chapter 9: Extreme Storms
• Chapter 10: Changes in Land Cover and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry
• Chapter 11: Arctic Changes and their Effects on Alaska and the Rest of the United States
• Chapter 12: Sea Level Rise
• Chapter 13: Ocean Acidification and Other Ocean Changes
• Chapter 14: Perspectives on Climate Change Mitigation
• Chapter 15: Potential Surprises: Compound Extremes and Tipping Elements
• Appendix A: Observational Datasets Used in Climate Studies
• Appendix B: Model Weighting Strategy
• Appendix C: Detection and Attribution Methodologies Overview
• Appendix D: Acronyms and Units
• Appendix E: Glossary