Figuring out what the Earth’s climate is going to do at any given point is a difficult task. To know how it will react to given events, you need to know what you’re working with. This requires an accurate model of everything from ocean currents to atmospheric heat absorption and the chemical and literal behavior of everything from cattle to humans to trees.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/02/20/measuring-trees-via-satellite-actually-takes-a-great-deal-of-field-work/