Our climate models have a big, dangerous blind spot

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Scientists warn that climate models may understate feedback loops in which warming triggers processes that lead to further warming. These blind spots could undermine both climate projections and emissions-reduction goals.

Climate change itself is increasingly fueling climate change. Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases are driving up global temperatures, setting off dangerous feedback loops that we have not fully accounted for in our climate models—or our emissions-reduction goals. Scientists have long warned that warming would propel further warming in various ways, but a growing number of…