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Uncertainty analysis in climate change assessments

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Use of state-of-the-art statistical methods could substantially improve the quantification of uncertainty in assessments of climate change.

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Figure 1: Uncertainty of projected sea-level rise for 2075 in Olympia, Washington under high emission scenario RCP 8.5 (ref. 23).

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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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