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Probabilities will help us plan for climate change

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Without estimates, engineers and planners will have to delay decisions or take a gamble.

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Pittock, A., Jones, R. & Mitchell, C. Probabilities will help us plan for climate change. Nature 413, 249 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35095194

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