Study behind Reno “desert” warning used now-retracted worst-case climate model
Warnings about the desertification of Reno relied on a discredited emissions scenario the IPCC officially declared implausible.
The study’s most dramatic projections depend on RCP8.5, which requires a five-fold increase in coal consumption by 2100.
Over 99 percent of Earth’s land surface will remain within the same biome classification under realistic projections.
The study excluded the well-established CO? fertilization effect that helps plants resist desertification.
Bad science from PeerJ led to bad journalism from the Reno Gazette Journal.
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