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The Shape of Things to Come: Why is Climate Sensitivity So Unpredictable, and Who Cares Anyway?

This is a presentation by Gerard Roe and Marcia Baker of the University of Washington about the climate's sensitivity to GHG increases. This presentation was given for a seminar titled The Shape of Things to Come: Why is Climate Sensitivity So Unpredictable (and Who Cares Anyway)?

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