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Why Human Factors Are Important in Climate Models

Climate models are complex collections of equations made by plugging in lots of data about greenhouse gas omissions and then adding the laws of physics and chemistry. But absent from these models is a key component of omissions us humans in our beha what if you could also account for things like public opinion and political fecklessness, and see how they interact with the earth's physical laws? That's what a group of researchers have tried to do. And lead author, fran more, assistant professor of environmental science and policy at the university of california davis, told why including human factors in climate models is so important.

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