Since the climate was very different at times in the past ... we want to see similar behavior in a range of models, from simple to complex, run by different groups, and to understand physically ...

The coming decades may be far worse, and far weirder, than the best models ... climate modeling is a scientific process that’s proceeding normally, even excellently. Only now the whole world ...

By testing their model against observations ... future global warming. "Climate change is complex, but sometimes we can answer key questions in a very simple way," said lead author Brett McKim.

In the past, these models could be very simple, as simple in fact as a mathematical ... A computer model of the Earth’s climate can show us temperatures will rise as we continue to release ...

Models have long been seen by climate change deniers as the soft underbelly of climate science. Being necessarily predictive, they have been tarred as essentially unverifiable and the result of ...

This confirmed that their model worked well and reduced uncertainty in climate forecasts. The model showed that ... but sometimes we can answer key questions in very simple ways.” Their simple ...