Today's global climate models do not capture the effects of climate change on islands' aridity

Monday, April 11, 2016 - 10:10 in Earth & Climate

Island nations could be forgiven for feeling slighted. They already face the brunt of the effects of climate change: Rising sea levels, dwindling resources, threats to infrastructure and economic foundations. But to add insult to injury, thousands of these islands are too small to be accounted for in the global climate models (GCMs) used by scientists to measure the effects of climate change.

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