They ran an ensemble of simulations with a climate model of intermediate complexity to evaluate the causes of past climate changes. (skepticalscience.com)
CSIRO senior scientist and co-author of the paper Dr Eva Plaganyi said the research was enabled through a complex ecosystem model nicknamed «MICE», an acronym for Model of Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem Assessments. (sciencedaily.com)
The results open the possibility that recent climate sensitivity estimates from global observations and [intermediate complexity models] are systematically considerably lower or higher than the truth, since they are typically based on the same realization of climate variability.» (skepticalscience.com)