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posted by janrinok on Friday December 08 2017, @08:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the invest-in-sunblock dept.

A new study in Nature [Ed-Abstract only for non-subscribers, but see below.] predicts that climate warming will be 15% greater than previous high estimates have predicted. This new study suggests that humans need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions more than previously expected and more than the Paris Agreement calls for. This study was based on analyzing the earth's "energy budget" (absorption and re-emission of radiation) and inputting that into a number of different climate models.

Also covered in more detail in Phys.org and in the Guardian.

The researchers focused on comparing model projections and observations of the spatial and seasonal patterns of how energy flows from Earth to space. Interestingly, the models that best simulate the recent past of these energy exchanges between the planet and its surroundings tend to project greater-than-average warming in the future.

"Our results suggest that it doesn't make sense to dismiss the most-severe global warming projections based on the fact that climate models are imperfect in their simulation of the current climate," Brown said. "On the contrary, if anything, we are showing that model shortcomings can be used to dismiss the least-severe projections."


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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday December 08 2017, @08:00PM (2 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday December 08 2017, @08:00PM (#607376)

    I disagree. Your second link just showed a proof-of-concept of an "artificial leaf", a technology for capturing CO2 and turning into burnable fuel with the aid of solar energy, and this demo was sitting on a desktop in the photo. Scaling it up to enormous industrial-scale proportions could very well result in a giant HR Giger building, so I see no reason to subtract points.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday December 08 2017, @09:26PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday December 08 2017, @09:26PM (#607440) Journal

    And here I was thinking we're a bunch of cynics on this site!

    One day we really can tackle the global problem of climate change. And, more importantly, the building that does it should appear to be sodomizing itself.

    • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday December 08 2017, @10:45PM

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday December 08 2017, @10:45PM (#607481)

      It should also be home to a hive of xenomorphs.