Projections of future climate change depend largely on the results of computer models. Such models are becoming increasingly sophisticated, but they do not offer the certainties that policy-makers would like.
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Trenberth, K. The use and abuse of climate models. Nature 386, 131–133 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/386131a0
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