Use of state-of-the-art statistical methods could substantially improve the quantification of uncertainty in assessments of climate change.
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Katz, R., Craigmile, P., Guttorp, P. et al. Uncertainty analysis in climate change assessments. Nature Clim Change 3, 769–771 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1980
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