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Climate models
Tools for understanding the Earth system
Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues we face this century.
The top research priority for the Natural Environment Research Council is to gather knowledge about climate and what controls it, and then use that knowledge to predict future changes.
Predictions are made using climate models. Here we describe what climate models are, what they do and how much we can trust them.
Climate models leaflet (1·2MB)