global warming research

When researchers observe natural changes in clouds and temperature, they have assumed that temperature change caused the clouds to change, and not the other way around.

This can lead to overestimates of how sensitive Earth's climate is to greenhouse gas emissions.

In a March 11, 2008, presentation at the American Physical Society meeting in New Orleans, Brown University physicist Brad Marston makes the case that statistical physics can provide a better understanding of global weather patterns -- information critical for more accurately predicting climate change.