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I don't know why I keep reading and posting on this thread, but I can't help myself. There seem to be questions that should be "answerable", but then it doesn't seem like people want the answer or the source. Anyway, here goes:
The difference between predicting weather and climate:
"...it is the statistics of changes in weather over time that identify climate change. The chaotic nature of weather makes it unpredictable beyond a few days. Projecting changes in climate (i.e., long-term average weather) due to changes in atmospheric composition or other factors is a very different and much more manageable issue. As an analogy, while it is impossible to predict the age at which any particular man will die, we can say with high confidence that the average age of death for men in industrialised countries is about
75.
Models have shown be to be accurate in predicting global average temperature over time based on principles of physics.
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