Reducing uncertainty about carbon dioxide as a climate driver

Lee R. Kump

doi:10.1038/nature01087

Reducing uncertainty about carbon dioxide as a climate driver

Lee R. Kump

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Abstract

The lack of an adequate ancient analogue for future climates means that we ultimately must use and trust climate models, evaluated against modern observation and our best geologic records of warm and cold climates of the past. Armed with an elevated confidence in the models, we will then be able to make reliable predictions of the Earth's response to our risky experiment with the climate system.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	188-190
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	419
Issue number	6903
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01087
State	Published - Sep 12 2002

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