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Piers Forster

Professor, University of Leeds

Expertise: Radiative forcing, Climate modelling, Climate change impacts

Article in The Guardian misleads readers about sensitivity of climate models by narrowly focusing on single study

“The article correctly reports that the most recent versions of some climate models estimate more warming for a given increase in CO2 concentrations. It is also correct in highlighting that how clouds are represented in these models is the likely reason for these higher estimates. However, it does not report all the science available on this topic and its claims are thus misleading.”