Geosciences Department and Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (CNRS and IPSL), Ecole normale supérieure, Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University, Paris, France
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Invited contribution by Michael Ghil, recipient of the EGU 2004 Lewis Fry Richardson Medal.
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The scientific questions posed by the climate sciences are central to socioeconomic concerns today. This paper revisits several crucial questions, starting with What can we predict beyond 1 week, for how long, and by what methods?, and ending with Can we achieve enlightened climate control of our planet by the end of the century? We review the progress in dealing with the nonlinearity and stochasticity of the Earth system and emphasize major strides in coupled climate–economy modeling.
The scientific questions posed by the climate sciences are central to socioeconomic concerns...