But problematic warming is still on the way ...
Recent confusion about a UN announcement related to a "worst-case" climate change scenario presents an opportunity to explain the science and improve communication.
When major new climate change scenarios are released, there’s always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look like, depending on how fast we act to cut emissions. But ...
The implausibly extreme and hugely popular climate scenario RCP8.5 made it into President Trump’s executive order last week on “Restoring Gold Standard Science.” Ironically, the Trump administration’s ...
Would you live in a building, cross a bridge, or trust a dam wall if there were a 10 percent chance of it collapsing? Or five percent? Or one percent? Of course not! In civil engineering, acceptable ...
(querbeet/E+/Getty Images) When it comes to modeling near-future climate change, scientists have taken their absolute worst-case greenhouse gas emissions scenario off the table, deciding it is ...