Tag Archives: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Should climate models have predicted the pause?

Posted on 27 September, 2013 by Met Office Press Office

Media coverage today of the launch of the 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC has again said that global warming is “unequivocal” and that the pause in warming over the past 15 years is too short to reflect long-term trends. Over recent … Continue reading →

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Amazon drought – caused by climate change or not?

Posted on 4 February, 2011 by Met Office Press Office

Questions have been raised by recent research into droughts in the Amazon (BBC). Our Amazon expert, Dr Richard Betts discusses the issue of Amazonian drought. The recent paper, published in the journal Science, on the 2005 and 2010 Amazon droughts, … Continue reading →

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