Distributed computing climate change model gives bleak results
{{date|January 26, 2005}}
Results published in the science journal [[w:Nature (journal)|Nature]] suggest previous [[w:Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) predictions will need to be revised upwards.

Climateprediction.net has released it's first results, indicating that global temperatures could rise by up to 11° C, even if global carbon dioxide levels are limited to twice those found before the [[w:Industrial Revolution|Industrial Revolution]]; levels that high are expected to be reached in the middle of this century.

The results indicate that carbon dioxide emissions will have an even bigger affect on the global climate than previously thought.

The [http://climateprediction.net Climateprediction.net] is a [[w:Distributed computing|distributed computing]] project. More than 95,000 people around the world have downloaded the software which runs calculations when the user's computer is idle, releasing computer power greater than that of even the largest supercomputers.

The project is a collaboration between several UK universities and the [[w:Met Office|Met Office]], funded by the [[w:Natural Environment Research Council|British Natural Environment Research Council]] and the [[w:Department of Trade and Industry|Department of Trade and Industry]]. In the summer of 2004 the project joined forces with the [[w:SETI|SETI]] program, with [[w:University of California|University of California]] computer scientists developing a version of the SETI software to run climate change models.

==Sources==

* {{source|url=http://www.climateprediction.net/science/pubs/climateprediction_press_release.pdf |title=Bleak first results from the world’s largest climate change experiment |author= |pub=NERC, Oxford University |date=January 26, 2005 }}
* {{source|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/27/wclim27.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/27/ixworld.html
|title=Screen saver weather trial predicts 10°C rise in British temperatures
|author=Roger Highfield
|pub=The Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom)
|date=January 27, 2005}}
* {{source|url=http://abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1290033.htm
|title=Home PCs help redefine climate change
|author=Patricia Reaney
|pub=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date=Thursday, January 27, 2005}}

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Results published in the science journal Nature suggest previous Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predictions will need to be revised upwards.

Climateprediction.net has released it's first results, indicating that global temperatures could rise by up to 11° C, even if global carbon dioxide levels are limited to twice those found before the Industrial Revolution; levels that high are expected to be reached in the middle of this century.

The results indicate that carbon dioxide emissions will have an even bigger affect on the global climate than previously thought.

The  Climateprediction.net is a distributed computing project. More than 95,000 people around the world have downloaded the software which runs calculations when the user's computer is idle, releasing computer power greater than that of even the largest supercomputers.

The project is a collaboration between several UK universities and the Met Office, funded by the British Natural Environment Research Council and the Department of Trade and Industry. In the summer of 2004 the project joined forces with the SETI program, with University of California computer scientists developing a version of the SETI software to run climate change models.
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