Thursday, January 3, 2008

Verification of 22 Historic Climate Studies Pinpoints Patterns in Data Errors By Angelique van Engelen

We're swamped with information about anticipated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But the indicators vary wildly. A new study compared the historic numbers of 22 trend-setting organizations to actual findings and found out where data fouls up.

The researchers compared the composite output of 22 leading global climate models with actual data. Many of these models are also incorporated in research by the UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), the recent Nobel laureate.

Turns out that the historic predictions of these models do not match current climate change by far. The problem lies in the measurement of key portions of the atmosphere, the researchers say. They devised a better method which they claim will be more reliable for future predictions because datasets that have been faulty have been pinpointed at long last.

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