Climate Changed
World to Become Hotter Than Expected, Updated French Climate Models Show
- Worst-case scenario for 6-7 degrees Celsius warming by 2100
- Study required 500 million hours of supercomputer calculations
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The world may become hotter than previously expected by the end of the century, according to a major study by some 100 of the top researchers in the field in France.
In the worst-case scenario, average global temperatures may rise 6 degrees to 7 degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees to 12.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, according to the work released by France’s National Center for Scientific Research CNRS, the atomic energy commission CEA and weather office Meteo-France.