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If you admit that GHGs will add to the warming of the Earth, then, given the trends of GHGs in our atmosphere, you have made a projection: the Earth will get warmer.
pre·dict [pri-dikt] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
verb (used without object)
2.
to foretell the future; make a prediction.
proj·ect [n. proj-ekt, -ikt; v. pruh-jekt] Show IPA
verb (used with object), pro·ject.
6.
to propose, contemplate, or plan.
7.
to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
8.
to set forth or calculate (some future thing): They projected the building costs for the next five years.
9.
to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light or a shadow.
10.
to cause (a figure or image) to appear, as on a background.
One involves events, the other suggests trends.
pre·dict [pri-dikt] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
verb (used without object)
2.
to foretell the future; make a prediction.
proj·ect [n. proj-ekt, -ikt; v. pruh-jekt] Show IPA
verb (used with object), pro·ject.
6.
to propose, contemplate, or plan.
7.
to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
8.
to set forth or calculate (some future thing): They projected the building costs for the next five years.
9.
to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light or a shadow.
10.
to cause (a figure or image) to appear, as on a background.
One involves events, the other suggests trends.