Guest post: Why low-end 'climate sensitivity' can now be ruled out
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Guest post: Why results from the next generation of climate models matter
Prof Stephen Belcher is chief scientist at the UK Met Office; Dr Olivier Boucher is head of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) Climate Modelling... Read More
Explainer: How scientists estimate ‘climate sensitivity’
The sensitivity of the Earth’s climate to increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration is a question that sits at the heart of climate science. ... Read More
Explainer: Six ideas to limit global warming with solar geoengineering
Scientists agree that cutting global greenhouse emissions as soon as possible will be key to tackling global warming. But, with global emissions still... Read More
Long-term climate variability ‘could fall’ as the world warms
Long-term climate variability is the range of temperatures and weather patterns experienced by the Earth over a scale of thousands of years. New... Read More
New study ‘reduces uncertainty’ for climate sensitivity
Scientists have presented a new, narrower estimate of the “climate sensitivity” – a measure of how much the climate could warm in response to... Read More
In-depth: Scientists discuss how to improve climate models
While global climate models do a good job of simulating the Earth’s climate, they are not perfect. ... Read More
Q&A: How do climate models work?
In the first article of a week-long series focused on climate modelling, Carbon Brief explains in detail how scientists use computers to understand... Read More
Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to humans
The extent of the human contribution to modern global warming is a hotly debated topic in political circles, particularly in the US. ... Read More
The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Bill Hare
Dr Bill Hare is the co-founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, an international non-profit climate science and policy institute based in Germany. He is... Read More
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