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      15th Feb 2006
We're organising the world's largest ever climate experiment, and we need your help.

We need thousands of people to help

Trying to predict climate change is hard. There are lots of factors involved – air temperature, sea temperature and cloud cover all play a part – as do dozens of other variables. Therefore, there are a huge number of calculations involved.

One solution is for scientists to use the largest supercomputer they can find. But even the biggest supercomputers are only so good.

We think you can do better.

Using a technique known as distributed computing, we’re hoping to harness the power of thousands of PCs around the world. If 10,000 people sign up, we’ll be faster than the world’s biggest computer. And we’re hoping to be even better than that.

More about climate prediction and distributed computing


Main story here ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/

 
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      15th Feb 2006
I have read about this before, i believe you can attach through BOINC.....

http://www.climateprediction.net/index.php

Its one of the other projects worth doing in my eyes.

 


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      15th Feb 2006
Does look real interesting

V_R I thought the same as you but the more I read the more I got confused about if climate predication & the BBC project where one in the same or different. Found this thread and I think I've got it under control now.

http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cp...dec8a0b7fa55fa
 
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Hmmm, seems like a typical BBC drama ... what time is snooker on?


 
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