Climate sensitivity: how much warming results from increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2)?

2019/01/22 by Ed Hawkins, Piers Forster, the Climate Science Communications Group · 2 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/wea.3400

published in Weather 74(4), 134 (Wiley)

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Abstract

In the language of the IPCC, 'likely' refers to > 66% probability, 'extremely likely' refers to > 95% probability, 'extremely unlikely' refers to < 5% probability.

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