Meaning of climate sensitivity | Babel Free

Definitions

The sensitivity of the Earth's climate to additions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: the degree of effect that such additions have; a numerical value as a metric thereof; any of various educated estimates for the real (unknown) value.

Equivalents

Examples

“equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)”

“Scientists have⟳ been modeling and estimating the climate sensitivity for decades, and they try⟳ to group their estimates into best-case, worst-case, and likeliest-case categories.”

“To speak⟳ of the [one true real] climate sensitivity, we must speak⟳ of several plausible climate sensitivities and of which ones we consider⟳ likeliest.”

CEFR level