Tropics are widening as predicted by climate models, research finds
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 15:50
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have observed for years that Earth's tropics are widening in connection with complex changes in climate and weather patterns. But in recent years, it appeared the widening was outpacing what models predicted, suggesting other factors were at work. But a new paper finds that the most up-to-date models and the best data match up reasonably well.