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Climate models show much of Southland’s submarines – KCAL9 and CBS2 News, sports and weather

[ad_1] San Clemente’s family are looking for his father, who has been missing for almost a monthIt has been almost a month since Scott Karsten was last seen and his family told CBSLA reporter Sara Donchey that she had wasted precious time due to confusion by the County Sheriff’s Department. Orange. 36 minutes ago One […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California submarines – CBS Boston

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. READ MORE: Revolution Fall 1-0 for the […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California submarines – CBS San Francisco

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. READ MORE: An investigation is underway after […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California underwater – CBS Baltimore

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. READ MORE: Baltimore County officers shoot a […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California underwater – CBS Sacramento

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. READ MORE: Bradshaw Animal Shelter Waives Adoption […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California submarines – CBS Detroit

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. READ MORE: Buttigieg and at least 15 […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California underwater – CBS Denver

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. Strauss’ nonprofit, Climate Central, did the research […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California’s submarines

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. Strauss’ nonprofit, Climate Central, did the research […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California’s submarines

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. Strauss’ nonprofit, Climate Central, did the research […]

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New climate models show much of Southern California underwater – CBS Los Angeles

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A climate-focused nonprofit has shown in models how some 50 cities around the world could potentially change or even disappear due to climate change. “Their ability to exist in the future depends on the actions we take,” said Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central. READ MORE: Bill Clinton hospitalized at […]

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Climate models cannot replicate the slowdown in global warming of the early 2000s – scientists explain why

[ad_1] A recent study led by Dr Wei and Dr Qiao of the First Institute of Oceanography at the Department of Natural Resources provides an assessment of the performance of recently published CMIP6 models to simulate the slowdown in global warming observed in the early 2000s. This study reveals that the key to simulating and […]

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Climate Cast: University of Minnesota researchers use AI to improve climate models

[ad_1] Climate models all agree that the Earth will warm considerably this century. But predicting the precise magnitude of warming tells a lot more to climatologists about future extreme weather events and sea level rise. Now researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities are part of a new $ 25 million climate modeling center […]

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Nobel Prize in Physics rewards trio for contributions to climate models

[ad_1] Stockholm Three scientists on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work that brought order to apparent disorder, helping to explain and predict the complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. Syukuro Manabe, from Japan, and Klaus Hasselmann from Germany have been cited for their work in “physical modeling […]

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How scientists can predict the future: the importance of climate models

[ad_1] Part of a scientist’s duty in today’s disinformation environment is to persuade the public about how science works. Making precise and measured projections about the future is necessary to convince the public to believe in science. Is it possible to make accurate predictions about how the world will look 50 years from now? (Photo: […]

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How Scientists Predict Climate Scenarios – Enter the World of Climate Models

[ad_1] The climate of our planet is an extremely complex subject. Of course, the underlying principles are simple, but incorporating the interaction between all the different elements is a very difficult task. To assess the situation on a large scale, researchers often turn to what are called climate models. A climate model is a quantitative […]

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First, global climate models will be available through the cloud

[ad_1] Currently, climate modeling is only accessible to a privileged few. As computing has become more sophisticated in recent decades, financial and practical hurdles have made grasping the complexity of how climate change could impact Earth’s systems out of reach for most. researchers. However, one of the biggest companies in the world is trying to […]

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Letter to the editor: Russian climate models are more accurate for forecasting purposes

[ad_1] When the global warming controversy started, the scientists involved released a graph: a graph / graph showing that the temperature of the atmosphere or the ocean (I can’t remember which one, but it doesn’t matter. now) is growing so rapidly lately that the graph looks like a hockey stick. In less than a day, […]

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Increased snowfall will offset sea level rise due to melting Antarctic ice sheet

[ad_1] The Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland. Credit: Thomas Overly A new study predicts that any rise in sea level on the world’s southernmost continent will be countered by increased snowfall, coupled with a warmer polar atmosphere. Using modern methods to calculate projected changes in sea level, the researchers found that the two ice caps in Greenland […]

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How Climate Models Work | FiveThirtyEight

[ad_1] Earlier this month, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released Part I of its latest Global Climate Assessment Report. The report draws on advanced climate modeling to illustrate to policymakers where global warming is heading. In this episode of Model Talk on the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Nate Silver and Galen Druke […]

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Machine learning helps refine climate models – OpenGov Asia

[ad_1] Residents of Fuga Island in Aparri, Cagayan, will expect more science and technology (S&T) interventions, according to Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary Fortunato de la Peña. He said in a report that the agency had worked with the Philippine Marines, the Ministry of Education and the local government of Aparri to achieve […]

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How machine learning helps us refine climate models to unprecedented detail – GCN

[ad_1] How machine learning helps us refine climate models to unprecedented detail By Navid Constantinou August 18, 2021 From movie suggestions to autonomous vehicles, machine learning has revolutionized modern life. Experts are now using it to help solve one of humanity’s biggest problems – climate change. With machine learning, we can use our abundance of […]

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How machine learning helps us refine climate models to unprecedented detail

[ad_1] From movie suggestions to autonomous vehicles, machine learning has revolutionized modern life. Experts are now using it to help solve one of humanity’s biggest problems – climate change. Through machine learning, we can use our abundance of historical climate data and observations to improve predictions of the Earth’s future climate. And these forecasts will […]

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Scientific flaws in IPCC climate models and concealment of problems in IPCC AR6 report

[ad_1] The strong positive shortwave radiation anomaly since 2001 The results of the temperature simulations of the IPCC and Ollila models Earth’s energy balance showing the magnitude of the greenhouse effect The IPCC climate models ignore the sharp increase in solar radiation since 2001. The IPCC tries to cover up the violation of the physical […]

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Yes, a few climate models give unexpected predictions, but technology remains a powerful tool

[ad_1] Credit: Shutterstock The long-awaited new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due later today. Prior to publication, a debate erupted over the computer models at the heart of global climate projections. Climate models are one of the many tools that scientists use to understand how the climate has changed in […]

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Yes, a few climate models give unexpected predictions – but technology remains a powerful tool

[ad_1] The long-awaited new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due later today. Prior to publication, a debate erupted over the computer models at the heart of global climate projections. Climate models are one of the many tools that scientists use to understand how the climate has changed in the past […]

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The CHEESEHEAD drone project could improve climate models

[ad_1] Source: Routescène What do Green Bay Packers and Forest Sweeping Drones have in common? Cheese heads. While Packer fans proudly identify with the dairy-infused moniker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research project has adapted the name of a groundbreaking UAV project to improve weather forecasting by understanding how the vegetation and forests influence the atmosphere. […]

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Need for post-economic growth climate models

[ad_1] Power plant. Steve Buissinne from Pixabay New climate models that challenge the assumption that rich countries can continue to pursue economic growth, while mitigating the impact of climate change, urgently need to be developed to help inform realistic public and policy debate. , say academics writing in the journal Natural energy. Academics are calling […]

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Can we correct climate models to better predict record weather?

[ad_1] Through Adam vaughan Flooding in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany on July 15 FERDINAND MERZBACH / NEWS5 / AFP via Getty Images Record-breaking climate events, such as Canada’s highest temperature on record, surpassed by nearly 5 ° C last month, will be increasingly likely over the next few decades, new research suggests. It comes as the […]

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Climate models have predicted extreme weather fluctuations. Can the damage be reversed?

[ad_1] William Brangham: Scientists have linked extreme weather fluctuations, from heat waves to torrential rains, to climate change, and these extremes are not limited to Europe. Last month, ground temperatures in the Arctic Circle reached over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Much of the western United States is suffering from severe drought, which has provided tinder ready […]

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Which areas will climate change make uninhabitable? Climate models alone cannot tell

[ad_1] Which areas will climate change make uninhabitable? Climate models alone cannot tell by Radley Horton and Alex de Sherbinin |June 17, 2021 This Somali family left their village after a drought killed most of their livestock. As climate change exacerbates droughts and food shortages in some areas, many people may be forced to leave […]

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Climate models can predict decadal precipitation v

[ad_1] image: Ensemble mean forecast anomalies averaged over forecast years 2 to 9 for summer precipitation over the Inner Tibetan Plateau. Red line: retrospectives; Blue line: near real-time predictions; Black line: observations. Shadows represent uncertainty. seen Following Credit: HU Shuai Summer precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau is highly predictable over multi-year timescales in large ensemble […]

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A study assesses the performance of CMIP6 climate models in simulating the slowdown in global warming

May 18, 2021 Led by Dr. Wei and Dr. Qiao of the First Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, a new study offers an evaluation of the performance of recently released CMIP6 models in simulating the deceleration of global warming seen in the early 2000s. Warming rate during the rapid warming period […]

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New Research Finds Climate Models Usually Do It Right

[ad_1] New climate research, conducted primarily in San Diego, reveals that a study of Earth’s temperatures during the last ice age confirms some widely held ideas about climate change. Lead author Alan Seltzer, a paleoclimatologist at the Wood’s Hole Institute of Oceanography, studied ancient water as a way to better understand never-before-recorded planetary temperatures. New […]

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New information on acid formation may help refine atmospheric and climate models

[ad_1] May 13, 2021 Atmospheric acidity is increasingly established by organic acids, such as formic acid and carbon dioxide. The former contributes to the development of aerosol particles as a precursor to raindrops and thus affects the pH of rainwater and cloud growth.. Diagram of the main emission sectors and primary emissions, meteorological and chemical […]

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Misuse of climate models may pose growing risk to financial markets, experts warn

[ad_1] Could climate change affect your business? According to the authors of an article in the United Kingdom, the misuse of climate models could pose a growing risk to financial markets. The report says that misuse of climate models can give investors a false sense of certainty about how the physical impacts of climate change […]

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To improve climate models, international team turns to archaeological data – ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Climate modeling is forward-looking, its general intention to hypothesize what our planet might look like at a later date. Because Earth’s vegetation influences climate, climate models frequently include reconstructions of vegetation and are often validated by comparisons with the past. Yet such models tend to be oversimplified, obscuring or omitting how people affected the […]

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To improve climate models, an international team turns to archaeological data

[ad_1] Climate modeling is forward-looking, its general intention to hypothesize what our planet might look like at a later date. Because Earth’s vegetation influences climate, climate models frequently include reconstructions of vegetation and are often validated by comparisons with the past. Yet such models tend to be oversimplified, obscuring or omitting how people affected the […]

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Tibetan Plateau may warm faster in future than climate models predict

[ad_1] Apr 7, 2021 In recent decades, the Tibetan Plateau, called “the roof of the world”, has warmed faster than the world average. Projected future warming of the Tibetan plateau in the CMIP5 ensemble. The thick lines indicate the multi-model ensemble means, and the shadows indicate the 90% model intervals, derived from the raw model […]

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How to use climate models

[ad_1] The new report from the Australian Academy of Sciences, The risks for Australia of a 3 ° C hotter world, has grim predictions for the nation’s future under current carbon emissions policy and action. All of these predictions are based on climate models. Among the now familiar predictions of ecological and economic damage, the […]

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New project to open years of atmospheric data, improve climate models

[ad_1] A Stanford researcher is leading a project to better understand gravity waves, tiny ripples that contribute to the global circulation of the atmosphere. Aditi Sheshadri The first step: estimate the amount of movement carried by gravity waves and make these new estimates available to the research community. And this is no small task. Since […]

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Argonne researchers improve climate models and climate change prediction

[ad_1] Newswise – Argonne’s new algorithm for capturing drizzle-turbulence interactions could improve predictions of future climate conditions. From space, large bridges of closely spaced stratocumulus clouds appear as brilliant cotton balls hovering above the ocean. They cover large areas – literally thousands of miles of subtropical ocean – and linger for weeks, if not months. […]

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New climate models with high climate sensitivity are not plausible

[ad_1] A recent analysis of the latest generation of climate models – known as CMIP6 – provides a caveat on interpreting climate simulations as scientists develop more sensitive and sophisticated projections of how the Earth will react to levels. increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers from Princeton University and the University of […]

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The high end of climate sensitivity in new climate models considered less plausible – ScienceDaily

[ad_1] A recent analysis of the latest generation of climate models – known as CMIP6 – provides a caveat on interpreting climate simulations as scientists develop more sensitive and sophisticated projections of how the Earth will react to levels. increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers at Princeton University and the University of […]

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The future of precipitation in the Alps

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Less intense average daily precipitation, more intense and localized extreme events. This is what the future climate scenarios for the Eastern Alps indicate, according to the study “Evaluation and Expected Changes of Summer Precipitation at Convection Permitting Scale with COSMO-CLM over Alpine Space”, published by the CMCC Foundation in the […]

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Scientists warn against misuse of climate models in financial markets

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The misuse of climate models could pose a growing risk to financial markets by giving investors a false sense of certainty about how the physical impacts of climate change will play out, article authors say published Monday. With heat waves, wildfires, massive storms and sea level rise set to intensify as […]

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Antarctica is melting in a way our climate models never predicted, scientists say

[ad_1] The Antarctic ice sheet is not melting in the linear way our climate models predicted. Instead, a more detailed model shows that as the rate of ice loss at the South Pole accelerates rapidly, there is snowfall and brief respite from melting along the way. “The ice sheet doesn’t change at a constant rate […]

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New climate models with high climate sensitivity are not plausible

A recent analysis of the latest generation of climate models – known as CMIP6 – provides a cautionary tale on the interpretation of climate simulations as scientists develop more sensitive and sophisticated projections of how the Earth will respond to rising levels. of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers from princeton university and the University […]

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Gavin Schmidt: The problem with climate models? People.

[ad_1] Gavin Schmidt says there is nothing wrong with climate models – in fact, “they did a pretty good job of predicting what happened.” One of the reasons they’re not more specific, he says, is the people. Dr Schmidt is the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the nation’s top […]

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University of Wyoming researchers modify climate patterns from the air

Wildfire research has become increasingly important in recent years as climate change has made fires more frequent and intense. But smoke from wildfires could have a bigger effect on the climate than previously thought. Wyoming Public Radio’s Ivy Engel spoke with Shane Murphy, a University of Wyoming researcher who has studied the smoke inside plumes. […]

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Soaring through smoke could change weather patterns

As wildfires become more frequent and intense, it becomes essential to understand how they affect the climate. And according to recently accepted data from researchers at the University of Wyoming (UW), climate models that have been used for years likely had significant problems with them. “One of our graduate students has just been accepted for […]

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Latest climate models should not increase projections of future warming

[ad_1] A notable scenario in the climate system over the past two years has been the effort to make sense of the latest generation of climate models. In support of the upcoming report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global climate models have submitted their simulations to the latest database, known as CMIP6. […]

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What COVID forecasters can learn from climate models

[ad_1] A second national lockdown began in England on November 5.Credit: Hollie Adams / AFP / Getty Epidemiologists predicting the spread of COVID-19 should adopt climate modeling methods to make predictions more reliable, say computer scientists who have spent months auditing one of the pandemic’s most influential models. In a study that was uploaded to […]

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The past is the key to predicting the future climate – Models should be tested by simulating past climates

[ad_1] Past carbon dioxide concentrations (left) versus possible future emission scenarios (right): the rate of current emissions is much faster – occurring over decades – unlike geological changes, which occur over millions of years. If emissions continue unabated, carbon dioxide levels could reach or exceed values ​​associated with warm climates of the past, such as […]

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Polar ice, atmospheric water vapor, the main drivers of variation among climate models

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Florida State University researcher is part of a team that found that various projections of global warming trends advanced by climate change scientists can be explained by the models’ different predictions of ice loss and vapor. atmospheric water. The work will help climatologists reconcile various models to improve their […]

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Study finds rapid melting ice ‘outstrips climate models’

“We risk being unprepared for the risks posed by sea level rise,” says Dr Tom Slater of the University of Leeds. (picture: picture) The global alarm over rising sea levels and the colossal loss of Earth’s ice caps continues with new findings that one scientist calls “breathtaking” in their implications for the future of climate […]

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Clouds could be the missing link in climate models

[ad_1] Scientists have been trying to figure out why the latest generation of climate models predict a much hotter future than previously thought. The main culprit could be clouds, according to a new article published on June 24 in Scientists progress (1). Every few years, a more advanced generation of climate models emerges. In the […]

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Increased warming in latest generation of climate models likely caused by clouds

Credit: CC0 Public Domain As scientists scramble to determine why some of the latest climate models suggest the future may be hotter than previously thought, a new study says the reason is likely related to challenges simulating training and cloud evolution. The new research, published in Scientists progress, provides an overview of 39 updated models […]

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New representations of clouds make models more sensitive to carbon dioxide

As scientists work to determine why some of the latest climate models suggest the future could be warmer than previously thought, a new study indicates the reason is likely to be linked to challenges simulating the formation and l evolution of clouds. The new research, published in Scientists progress, provides an overview of 39 updated […]

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Clouds may explain why climate models predict a warmer future

By Adam Vaughan A more realistic depiction of clouds and aerosols appears to explain why a new generation of climate models indicate the world is more sensitive to rising CO2 levels John Gilbey / Alamy Climatologists have been trying to figure out why new computer models have started projecting a potentially much warmer future as […]

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Latest climate models show more intense droughts to come

The Maranoa River south of Mitchell, Queensland during the 2017 drought. Credit: Chris Fithall (Flickr Creative Commons CC BY 2.0) An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers at the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes shows South West Australia and parts of South Australia will experience longer and more intense droughts […]

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Latest climate models show more intense droughts to come • Earth.com

The latest climate models show more intense droughts to come. Experts at University of New South Wales found that droughts are expected to further intensify as climate change alters precipitation patterns. Based on new climate models from the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes, the researchers found that droughts will become longer and more […]

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How hot will it be this century? The latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought

Climatologists use mathematical models to project Earth’s future in a warming world, but a group of latest models included surprisingly high values ​​for a measure called “climate sensitivity.” Climate sensitivity refers to the relationship between changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and warming. High values ​​are a bad surprise. If they’re right, that means […]

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Cold air is rising – How wrong are our global climate models?

This graph illustrates the buoyancy effect of vapor, in which cold, moist air rises because it is lighter than dry air. Credit: Da Yang/UC Davis The lightness of water vapor dampens global warming in the tropics. Conventional knowledge holds that warm air rises while cold air sinks. But a study from the University of California, […]

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The latest climate models have unrealistic projections of future warming

A new study by climatologists at the University of Michigan concludes that some of the latest generation climate models may be overly sensitive to increases in carbon dioxide and therefore project unrealistic future warming. In a letter scheduled for publication April 30 in the journal Natural climate changethe researchers say projections from one of the […]

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Some of the latest climate models provide unrealistic projections of future warming

A new study by climatologists at the University of Michigan concludes that some of the latest generation climate models may be overly sensitive to increases in carbon dioxide and therefore project unrealistic future warming. In a letter scheduled for publication April 30 in the journal Natural climate change, the researchers say that projections from one […]

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Machine learning improves weather and climate models

Source: Journal of Advances in Earth Systems Modeling (JAMES) Weather and climate models have improved dramatically in recent years, as progress in one area has tended to benefit the other. But there is still significant uncertainty in the model outputs that are not precisely quantified. Indeed, the processes that govern climate and weather are chaotic, […]

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Evaluation of cloud cover predictions in climate models

Source: Earth and Space Sciences The clouds play a important role in the Earth’s climate and can warm or cool the atmosphere depending on their particular characteristics and when and where they form. Computer models of Earth’s future climate suffer from uncertainties related to the challenge of predicting cloud cover and how the effects of […]

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Climate models predict even more warming, which concerns scientists

A handful of climate projections predict a rise in global temperatures much higher than what scientists have seen in previous models. Although the number raises concerns, some scientists hope the latest projections are outliers. A 2 degree rise in temperature could lead to rising sea levels, the death of coral reefs and dangerous water scarcity […]

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The latest generation of climate models is getting hotter – here’s why

Prior to each Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the Global Climate Modeling Centers produce a central database of standardized simulations. Over the past year, an interesting trend has emerged in the most recent round of this effort: the newer and better versions of these models are, on average, more sensitive to CO2, warming […]

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Early climate models were spot on when it came to global warming

Climate skeptics have long questioned the accuracy of computer models that predict global warming, but most early climate models turn out to be spot-on, according to a flashback from University of California climatologists at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA. Of 17 climate models published between the early 1970s and late 2000s, 14 were […]

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Climate models have always been right, new study finds

A recent to study computer climate models dating back to the 1970s have shown them to be very accurate in relation to what actually happened over the following decades. This builds confidence in modern models that predict further changes in the future. In the 1970s, climatologists began to report the increasing amount of carbon dioxide […]

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Even 50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warming

In climate science, models are essential tools in trying to understand an uncertain future. But attempts to predict the future are easy targets, and climate change skeptics have long sought to poke holes in past climate change predictions to undermine the credibility of today’s dire warnings. Now a full review of climate models dating back […]

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Even 50 years ago, climate models were far more accurate than deniers claim

It’s a common refrain from those who question the findings of climate science: the computer models scientists use to project future global warming are inaccurate and shouldn’t be trusted to help policymakers decide whether to they must take potentially costly measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions. A new study effectively quells this argument by examining […]

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Climate models have understood global warming well

There’s a favorite argument among those who doubt mainstream climate science: climate models overestimate the rate at which the Earth is warming. This claim resurfaces time and time again and is often based on single instances of uncertainty or hand-picked data. Various studies have looked closely at individual climate models in recent years and have […]

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Climate models are often attacked, but most of the time they are remarkably good

A new study finds that past computer simulations of climate change have been quite accurate. Credit: Associated Press Computer models used to simulate the effects of heat-trapping gases on global temperatures have been quite accurate in their predictions, according to a new study. After years of hearing reviewers criticize the models’ accuracy, climatologist Zeke Hausfather […]

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Nailed: Early climate models accurately predicted effects of global warming, study finds | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel

This color-coded map shows global surface temperature anomalies. Temperatures above normal are shown in red and temperatures below normal are shown in blue. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Of the 17 climate change models examined, 14 were accurate enough to predict the effects of global warming. The researchers fed the actual emission levels into the […]

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How successful have climate models really been in predicting the future?

A new paper by Hausfather and his colleagues (including me) has just been published with the most comprehensive assessment of climate model projections since the 1970s. Bottom line? Once you fixed the small errors in the projected overrides, they performed remarkably well. Climate models are central to our understanding of our future climate. They have […]

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Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania — Equilibrium climate sensitivity — the sensitivity of Earth’s climate to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide — may be underestimated in individual climate models, according to a team of climatologists. “Probabilistic estimates of climate system properties often rely on comparing the model simulation with observed temperature records and an estimate of internal […]