Friday, January 18, 2013

Climate model forecast is revised


The UK Met Office has revised one of its forecasts for how much the world may warm in the next few years.

It says the average temperature is likely to be 0.43 C above the long-term average by 2017, as opposed to an earlier forecast suggesting a difference of 0.54C.

The explanation is that a new kind of computer model using different parameters has been used.

See full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20947224