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How robust is our accelerometer?

8 Mar 2026 by group

Guest commentary from Nathan Lenssen (Colorado School of Mines)

A new analysis of historical temperatures suggests that things are getting warmer faster, but what does it mean for the future?

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Filed Under: Climate modelling, Climate Science, El Nino, Featured Story, Greenhouse gases, Instrumental Record, Model-Obs Comparisons, statistics Tagged With: acceleration, CMIP6

Much ado about acceleration

4 Apr 2024 by Gavin

There has been a lot of commentary about perceived disagreements among climate scientists about whether climate change is (or will soon be) accelerating. As with most punditry, there is less here than it might seem.

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Filed Under: Climate modelling, Climate Science, El Nino, Featured Story, Greenhouse gases, Hurricanes, Instrumental Record, IPCC Tagged With: acceleration, climate change, CMIP6

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