Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
- Written by Michael Grose, Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO
Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the latest models have included unexpectedly high values for a measure called “climate sensitivity”.
Climate sensitivity refers to the relationship between changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and warming.
The high...