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Climate sensitivity

1High
- Climate
Posted on: 2018-08-09
Guardian coverage of essay on potential of future "hothouse" climate is generally accurate, but misstates some details

“The article reasonably summarizes a new study published in PNAS, which describes the potential of tipping elements to enhance climate warming and the potential for the Earth to transition into a hot-house climate state. The article is careful to point out uncertainties and thus avoids being sensational. However, there are many small errors scattered throughout the article.”
-1Low
- Climate
Posted on: 2018-06-22
Financial Post commentary misleads about warming effect of greenhouse gas emissions by cherry-picking studies

“This article selectively cherry-picks studies showing low climate sensitivity, leaving out whole lines of evidence (e.g. paleoclimate studies) that agree with the sensitivity estimates found in models. It also glosses over the many criticisms of instrumentally based (or “energy balance”) sensitivity estimates published in recent years.”
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2017-12-01
Prof. John Christy incorrectly claims to show climate models are too sensitive to carbon dioxide

Claim:

the real atmosphere is less sensitive to CO2 than what has been forecast by climate models

Source: The Daily Caller, John Christy, 2017-11-29
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2017-05-23
Heartland Institute report’s claim that climate models are too sensitive to CO2 does not reflect evidence

Claim:

[climate models] systematically over-estimate the sensitivity of climate to carbon dioxide ... and modelers exclude forcings and feedbacks that run counter to their mission

Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2024-04-19
Misleading
- Climate
Posted on: 2017-05-02
Climate sensitivity estimate given in Heartland Institute’s report is misleading

Claim:

Doubling the concentration of atmospheric CO2 from its pre-industrial level, in the absence of other forcings and feedbacks, would likely cause a warming of ~0.3°C to 1.1°C

Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2024-04-19

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Guardian coverage of essay on potential of future "hothouse" climate is generally accurate, but misstates some details

Financial Post commentary misleads about warming effect of greenhouse gas emissions by cherry-picking studies

Prof. John Christy incorrectly claims to show climate models are too sensitive to carbon dioxide

Heartland Institute report’s claim that climate models are too sensitive to CO2 does not reflect evidence

Climate sensitivity estimate given in Heartland Institute’s report is misleading

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