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What’s happening with the models of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation?

John “not Towering Inferno” Williams points to this new research article by Valentin Portmann et al., which states: Climate models show considerable discrepancies in their future p...

A Cloudy Climate Mystery Over Antarctica Has Scientists Rethinking Their Models

Researchers compare observations with leading climate models to identify errors and help improve future climate predictions. Some simulations put too many low clouds over the South...

BREAKING: Models Model Modeled Tipping Points

Imagine I write a computer program to simulate a horse race. Then I write another computer program to predict which simulated horse will win. My second program does wonderfully. Pr...

New Climate Models Are Zooming In on Regional Risks

More detailed climate models are helping researchers explore how climate change may affect particular regions and how human actions shape the risks ahead. The post New Climate Mode...

Explainer: The CMIP7 emissions scenarios – and how they explore future climate change

Every six to seven years, climate modelling groups around the world run a coordinated set of simulations that explore how… The post Explainer: The CMIP7 emissions scenarios – and h...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #41 2026

Open access notables Committed Antarctic Ice Sheet mass loss by the end of the twenty-first century, Lin et al., Nature Geoscience The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest source of...

IMD SATELLITE AND PROBABILITY OF CYCLOGENESIS

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #38 2026

Open access notables Projected amplification of global warming by warming-induced greenhouse gas emissions, Abernethy et al., Environmental Research Letters Warming-induced emiss...

Experts: How are climate scientists using artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing at a rapid pace and is increasingly being used by scientists to better understand climate… The post Experts: How are climate scientists u...

Circular logic all the way down

Then I would like to see GCMs not being used for climate modelling. What a massive waste of time and money they have been. The post Circular logic all the way down appeared first o...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #40 2026

Open access notables Centuries of global heating from Carbon Majors: Dependence on future emissions pathways, Frierson & Henrie, PLOS Climate We perform simulations that attr...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #37 2026

Open access notables Early warning signals for tipping points in complex climate systems, LIU et al., Advances in Climate Change Research The growing risk of climate tipping even...

Expedition Identifies Flaws in Southern Ocean Climate Models

Researchers in Japan have found that Southern Ocean cloud systems continue to present significant hurdles for global climate forecasting models.

Heavy water isotopes make weather predictions more accurate

Incorporating satellite measurements of water vapour isotopes into weather models can improve weather forecasts, particularly when predicting heavy rainfall The post Heavy water is...

Low-level clouds could make wind farms more efficient

Analysis of cloud-related atmospheric effects could be an important factor in designing future wind farms The post Low-level clouds could make wind farms more efficient appeared fi...

A Tenth of a Degree of Separation. AP Turns 0.1°C in 2100 into the Amazon, Greenland and $1.2 Trillion

The tenth in this story will never face a thermometer anyway. It is the gap between two model projections of 2100, one with an American promise and one without. Only one of those w...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #36 2026

Open access notables Misrepresentation of Human Climate Fingerprint in DOE Report, Santer et al., Earth s Future A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made...

China Meteorological Administration Puts Fengqing AI Ensemble Forecast System Into Operation

Fengqing Ensemble V1.0 passed operational review at the National Meteorological Centre, with an 11-day effective forecast range for global 500 hPa height in independent tests.

How meteorologists recreated weather that helped decide second world war

Experts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure – a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944’s D-day landingsDressed in a Royal Air Force uniform and sporting a trim moustache, Andr...