The world may actually get 15% hotter than scientists previously thought by the end of the century

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December 6, 2017 7:18 PM

A new study estimates that the projections used for establishing the emissions targets for the Paris Agreement could have been too conservative.

A new study says global-warming projections for the end of the century could be up to 15% higher than previously thought.
The authors found that the climate models that best represented the current situation showed the most warming in the future.

The world may be a lot hotter by the end of the century than scientists previously thought.

That's according to a new study in the journal , which predicts that global warming by the year 2100 could be up to 15% higher than the highest projections from the

This new research suggests humans will probably have to reduce emissions even more steeply to avoid crossing the thresholds agreed to in Paris.

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