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22 UN climate models flunk
Prediction is hard, especially about the future, said Yogi Berra. So why not try to predict the past? A study in the Royal Metereological Society journal did just that, focusing on the best available evidence of the past 25 years. Measuring instruments have improved immensely in accuracy and coverage in recent decades, using satellites, weather balloons and surface sensors.
Alas, all 22 math models use by the United Nations failed to predict the last twenty-five years.
The link enclosed in the quote will take you to the report of the research, published on-line Wednesday in the Royal Meteorological Society’s International Journal of Climatology. From that report we have this beaut:
The 22 climate models used in this study are the same models used by the UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), which recently shared a Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore.
And this understatement of the year:
"We suggest ... that projections of future climate based on these models should be viewed with much caution," said Dr. Fred Singer from the University of Virginia.
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