Past climate models successfully predict current observed warming trends
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 83/100
Multiple studies demonstrate that historical climate model simulations successfully reproduce observed global and regional warming trends when accounting for anthropogenic forcings.
Evidence for · 2
Attributing Observed SST Trends and Subcontinental Land Warming to Anthropogenic Forcing during 1979–2005
2015 · cited by 18
Paper [1] demonstrates that coupled climate simulations from CMIP5 successfully reproduce observed surface and sea surface temperature warming patterns and attribute them accurately to anthropogenic forcing.
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On Using Global Climate Model Simulations to Assess the Accuracy of MSU Retrieval Methods for Tropospheric Warming Trends
2005 · cited by 11
Paper [4] finds that climate model simulations of tropospheric warming trends align well with improved satellite observational retrieval methods.