What the Mars Rover Can Tell Us About Climate Change - Climate Desk - The Atlantic

What the Mars Rover Can Tell Us About Climate Change - Climate Desk - The Atlantic: "Scientists have made great strides in predicting what will happen to Earth's climate, but there is a fundamental problem: We only have one climate to test our hypotheses in. We can't irreversibly hack Earth's climate (by pumping it full of toxic gases, for example) to test whether our assumptions are right or wrong--that, obviously, would be disastrous for Earth's inhabitants. That means climate models are loaded with historical and empirical data to make them function.
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