And it underscores why China's experimental climate, when combined with genuine intelligence, can be so exciting.
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In attempting to answer these questions, we carried out a meta-study of 25 articles on experimental climate governance.
"Contrary to our expectations, experimental climate change and physical disturbance had strikingly similar impacts," wrote the researchers, led by Scott Ferrenberg of the U.S. Geological Survey's Southwest Biological Science Center in Moab, Utah.
Dr. John O. Roads, the director of the experimental climate prediction center at Scripps, said that new work is showing that there are plenty of other subtle influences on long-term weather that should eventually improve predictions, even in years without the strong influence from the Pacific.
