Successful projection of the distribution of surface temperature change increases our confidence in climate models. Here we evaluate projections of global warming from almost 30 years ago using the observations made during the past half century.
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Stouffer, R., Manabe, S. Assessing temperature pattern projections made in 1989. Nature Clim Change 7, 163–165 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3224
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