A new generation of sophisticated Earth models is gearing up for its first major test. But added complexity may lead to greater uncertainty about the future climate, finds Olive Heffernan.
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Olive Heffernan is the editor of Nature Reports Climate Change.
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Heffernan, O. Earth science: The climate machine. Nature 463, 1014–1016 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/4631014a
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