Thursday, May 08, 2008

Betting on Warming or Cooling

Which way would you bet?
The scientists who maintain the Realclimate.org blog have offered a climate wager to the research team from Germany that recently predicted a short pause in global warming (along with some North American and European cooling).
Vegas

Here’s how the Realclimate bloggers set up the bet:


The bet we propose is very simple and concerns the specific global prediction in their Nature article. If the average temperature 2000-2010 (their first forecast) really turns out to be lower or equal to the average temperature 1994-2004 (*), we will pay them € 2500. If it turns out to be warmer, they pay us € 2500.
What would you bet?
Andrew C. Revkin on Climate Change
By 2050 or so, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today.
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