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SSP Climate Scenario Comparator

Interactive two-layer energy-balance model: pick an SSP emissions pathway (SSP1-2.6 through SSP5-8.5), tune climate sensitivity, ocean heat uptake and mitigation pace, and watch the 2020-2100 warming trajectory build as a 3D bar landscape.

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Climate projections aren't a single forecast — they're a family of "what if" pathways called Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), each paired with a 2100 radiative-forcing target (its name: SSP1-2.6 through SSP5-8.5). This simulator drives a real two-layer energy-balance model — the same class of physics used inside simplified climate emulators like MAGICC — with a chosen SSP's forcing target, letting you tune climate sensitivity, ocean heat uptake and how fast mitigation ramps up, then watch the resulting 2020-2100 warming trajectory rise as a 3D bar landscape with a live playhead.

⚙ Under the hood

Interactive two-layer energy-balance model: pick an SSP emissions pathway from SSP1-2.6 to SSP5-8.5, tune climate sensitivity, ocean heat uptake and mitigation pace, and watch the 2020-2100 warming trajectory build as a 3D bar landscape.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install