Accurate prediction of Earth's future warming hinges on our understanding of climate sensitivity. Palaeoclimatology will help solve the problem if the feedbacks included in palaeoclimate sensitivity are properly identified and reconstructions of past atmospheric CO2 can be improved.
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Zeebe, R. Where are you heading Earth?. Nature Geosci 4, 416–417 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1196
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