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  • Earth System Science
  • Carbon Cycle Research

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  • Earth System Models (ESMs) incorporate climate-carbon cycle feedbacks for future climate projections.
  • These feedbacks introduce significant uncertainties into climate change predictions.
  • Reviewing emergent constraints to reduce these uncertainties is crucial.

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  • Assess the potential of emergent constraints to reduce uncertainties in climate-carbon cycle feedbacks.
  • Explore how emergent constraints can improve climate projections.
  • Investigate the role of emergent constraints in advancing Earth System understanding.

Main Methods:

  • Utilize the full ensemble of Earth System Models.
  • Identify across-ensemble relationships between observable Earth System features and future uncertainties.
  • Examine trends, interannual variations, and seasonality changes.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated emergent constraints for reducing uncertainties in atmospheric CO2 concentration.
  • Showcased constraints for predicting carbon loss from tropical land under warming.
  • Illustrated constraints for CO2 fertilization effects on mid- and high-latitude photosynthesis.

Conclusions:

  • Emergent constraints leverage model ensembles to reduce uncertainty in real-world Earth System futures.
  • Risks of data-mining and model errors can lead to misleading constraints.
  • A hypothesis-driven, theory-led approach mitigates risks and advances Earth System understanding.