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The latest global climate models present challenges for generating climate projections

June 23, 2021 10:41 am Published by Climate Extremes Comments Off

Climate sensitivity describes how sensitive the Earth’s temperature is to a doubling of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. One measure of climate sensitivity for projections of future climate is the Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS).

How sensitive is the Earth’s temperature to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

November 19, 2020 1:52 pm Published by Climate Extremes Leave your thoughts

A landmark new international review of climate sensitivity led by ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes researcher Prof Steven Sherwood has reduced the uncertainty in Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity. Estimates of likely values now vary by less than a factor of two.