climate projections
Modeled atmospheric futures
Climate projections are estimates of future climate conditions based on computer models and assumptions about greenhouse gas emissions, population growth, and other variables.
Unlike weather forecasts, which predict days ahead, climate projections look decades or centuries forward: Climate projections suggest sea levels could rise by several feet by 2100.
They typically present multiple scenarios reflecting different policy choices and emission pathways.
- forecastsPredicts future conditions
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- worst case scenarioMost unfavorable possible outcome
- business as usualContinuation of normal routine
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climate projectionsempirical evidence
Proof from measurable observation
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