Sunday 15 May 2011

"Settled Science"

"On the science, there was little disagreement over the basics, such as the physical properties of CO2, but the degree to which it drives the larger climate was greatly disputed, because the larger system remains a mystery. Even the basics of how different clouds affect temperature is guesswork: water vapour feedback may have a slight negative cooling feedback, or it may have a large positive warming feedback. These must be guessed at, or imagined, through models."
Over at The Register, Andrew Orlowski has a report up describing the recent meeting of academics on climate change that took place at Cambridge University earlier this week.

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