Figure-3.4: Contributions to warming of various feedback mechanisms for the Arctic and the Tropics

Feedback mechanisms make different contributions to warming, depending on the region of the world. The contributions of lapse-rate, snow/ice albedo, Planck, cloud, and water vapour feedbacks to warming for the Arctic and for the Tropics are shown for a modelled climate state in which carbon dioxide concentrations are quadrupled from their pre-industrial levels. Feedbacks in the red-shaded area of the figure contribute to enhanced warming in the Arctic relative to the Tropics, whereas feedbacks in the blue-shaded area contribute to enhance warming in the Tropics relative to the Arctic.

Source

Adapted from Stuecker et al. (2018).