I'm almost as alarmist as they come when it comes to climate change, but I'm skeptical of the higher ECS values coming out of the newer models (as are the scien

I'm almost as alarmist as they come when it comes to climate change, but I'm skeptical of the higher ECS values coming out of the newer models (as are the scientists developing them). In AR5 there was a noted divergence in the ECS values predicted by general circulation models and energy balance models. As computer-minded folk we should appreciate that when attempting a new approach in software one is bound to break things- like perhaps the way aerosols or clouds are being handled which seems to be supercharging the warming in these new models.