Episode 1336 • • 48:59 - 52:55
1336: Climate Crisis Special
Computer Model Discrepancies, The Russian Model
A discussion on climate forecasting reveals that of the 32 families of computer models used by the UN, only the Russian model accurately tracks real-world temperature data. The other models are criticized for being "parameterized" or "fudged" to predict excessive warming. Experts explain that these models were tuned to simulate early 20th-century warming that occurred before significant CO2 increases, leading to systematic errors in current predictions.