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Constraints on the high end

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The plausibility of the high end of global warming projections in recent assessments is a subject of debate. A study of multi-model climate simulations argues that we need to take the possibility of strong warming seriously.

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Figure 1: Selection of the fittest models.

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  1. Isaac Held is at the Geophysics Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton University, 201 Forrestal Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6649, USA,

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