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Aerosol-cloud interactions (ACI) remain a major source of climate uncertainty due to missing large-scale observational constraints. Such a constraint, with global cloud representativeness, has ...

A new international study co-led by IIASA researchers and Japanese partners aims to democratize the way global climate scenarios are developed. The authors propose a transparent, inclusive research ...

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After yet another international climate summit ended last fall without binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels, a leading global climate model is offering a stark forecast for the decades ahead.

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Something has shifted in the way climate scientists talk about their own work. The language has become noticeably more ...

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Global and continental SOC change trends under the SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios with 11 global climate models of ACCESS-CM2, ACCESS-ESM1-5, BCC-CSM2-MR, CanESM5, GFDL-ESM4, INM ...

Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Melissa churning northwest through the Caribbean Sea. The Category 5 hurricane is a recent example of ...

International scientists decided it is no longer useful to study the most extreme model of runaway global warming. So why are some people upset?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Climate models are complex, just like the world they ...