When is rare good news on climate science actually bad? When News Corp misrepresents it | Temperature Check

The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible

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In a world where people accept global heating is bad, news that we had avoided a boiling-in-our-own-juices version of the planet’s future might have been welcomed.

Instead, the news that a group of climate scientists had officially retired their very worst scenario for the future of the planet was proof – according to Donald Trump – that the scientists had been (in all caps) WRONG! WRONG! WRONG.