livelihood
so what can a reasonable person conclude from yesterday's articles? well, pretty much nothing from the antarctic ice one. the combined models thing is way more interesting. the particular combination suggests the sun is responsible for nearly all of the past century's warming. as the scientists remind us, this is a model. and it needs to be tested against real data to see how good it really is. a different combination of models could just as easily cancel out nearly all of the sun's contribution to warming. the most significant conclusion is that systems can be far more sensitive to feedback loops than has been assumed. which is good news if you file grant proposals for a living. and bad news if you like black/white answers.