- Prior studies have underestimated cooling in the last glacial period, low-balling estimates of the Earth's climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases. The rather high climate sensitivity is not good news regarding future global warming, which may be stronger than expected using previous best estimates https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/study-finds-6%E2%81%B0c-cooling-on-land-during-the-last-ice-age-with-implications-about-future-global-warming/ 4 comments science