Why Climate Models Are Less Accurate Than You Think

Morning traffic on the SR2 freeway in Los Angeles on April 25, 2013. Los Angeles ranks as the worst in the nation for ozone pollution and fourth for particulates by the American Lung Association. David McNew/Getty Images

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Everyone wants to save the planet. Yet, in the rush to do so, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that basic science is being ignored concerning how climate models deal with carbon soot pollution.