PREDICTED CHANGE

The main tool for making projections about future climate change are computer-based climate models. They take into account many of the factors that were illustrated previously about “causes” and “feedbacks” in the climate system, such as greenhouse gases, ocean circulation, and clouds.

Learn more about climate models in the following sections.

A Changing But Uncertain Future
What Do the Climate Models Indicate?
Do All Projections Agree?

[Requires Flash] [Get Flash Plug in] A Changing But Uncertain Future Two different state-of-the-art models project 21st Century climate change. Go to text only version

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