A look at climate predictions from 20 years ago
USAToday:Were the predictions we made about climate change 20 years ago accurate? Here's a look
When it comes to climate change, did we accurately predict in 2000 what would be happening now?
"What the models correctly told us 20 years ago is that if we continued to add fossil fuels at an increasing rate to the atmosphere, we'd see an increasing range of consequences, including a decline in Arctic sea ice, a rise in sea levels and shifts in precipitation patterns," Weather Underground meteorologist Robert Henson told USA TODAY.
Overall, we're running quite close to the projections made in 2000 for carbon dioxide concentration, global temperature and sea level, Henson said.
Here's a look at climate change indicators for 2020:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/24/climate-change-predictions-2020-carbon-dioxide-weather-disasters/2622212001/
