“This Is What a Holy Sh*t Moment for Global Warming Looks Like”

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6. The models consistently understate the gravity of the situation

From the article:

"In fact, it increasingly appears that, if there is any systemic bias in the climate models, it’s that they understate the gravity of the situation. In an interesting paper that appeared in the journal Global Environmental Change, a group of scholars ... note that so-called climate skeptics frequently accuse climate scientists of “alarmism” and “overreacting to evidence of human impacts on the climate system.” But, when you actually measure the predictions that climate scientists have made against observations of how the climate has already changed, you find the exact opposite: a pattern “of under- rather than over-prediction” emerges."

I recall a few people even around here who appear desperate to have the seriousness of the situation understated and minimized.