claim: Numerous papers have documented how IPCC predictions are more likely to underestimate the climate response.
evidences.evidence_id: IPCC First Assessment Report:15
evidences.article: IPCC First Assessment Report
evidences.evidence: There are many uncertainties in our predictions particularly with regard to the timing, magnitude and regional patterns of climate change, due to our incomplete understanding of: sources and sinks of GHGs; clouds; oceans; polar ice sheets.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:113
evidences.article: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
evidences.evidence: They judge that global mean surface air temperature has increased by 0.3 to 0.6 °C over the last 100 years, broadly consistent with prediction of climate models, but also of the same magnitude as natural climate variability.
evidences.votes: REFUTES REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:128
evidences.article: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
evidences.evidence: Projections based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios suggest warming over the 21st century at a more rapid rate than that experienced for at least the last 10,000 years.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:292
evidences.article: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
evidences.evidence: Some critics have contended that the IPCC reports tend to be conservative by consistently underestimating the pace and impacts of global warming, and report only the "lowest common denominator" findings.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:296
evidences.article: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
evidences.evidence: Another example of scientific research which suggests that previous estimates by the IPCC, far from overstating dangers and risks, have actually understated them is a study on projected rises in sea levels.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS