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There is nothing wrong with running model in any way a researcher wish. It would be wrong to make predictions about a real system, without studying validity of
by ordu 6y ago
There is nothing wrong with running model in any way a researcher wish. It would be wrong to make predictions about a real system, without studying validity of that prediction.
Authors clearly state "an earth system model shows ..." not the "Earth is going to melt". They say "we encourage other model builders to explore our discovery in their (bigger) models, and report on their findings."
Authors work with their model, use it to calculate some results, they do not pretend, that the results are the Truth. Authors know what validity is, they ask others to take a look at it.
Nothing wrong with it.
- OneGuy123 6y agoOfcourse the pretend that the results are truth: otherwise they wouldn't post it. If the actually truly understood that they cannot predict climate so far along in the future they wouldn't bother posting.
- adrianN 6y agoWhere in the paper do they claim that? I couldn't find that.
- karmakaze 6y agoAbbreviated original title is better than the editorialized one: "An earth system model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost even if all man-made GHG emissions stop in 2020" Or shortened to "Earth model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost if emissions stop now"