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p style=”text-align:left;”>We’ve pimped a post from The Inside Agenda, the blog of “The Agenda with Steve Paikin.” For Americans, think of him as Canada’s Charlie Rose. They are covering climate models on their public television show and interviewed Climate Interactive partner Dr. John Sterman of MIT.
Climate Model for the People
Posted on: 24 March 2010 by Daniel Kitts
Tonight’s program looks at the climate models scientists are using to try and predict where the world’s climate is going.
These models are impressive feats of mathematical and computational skill. Yet many members of the public remain unmoved by their predictions of a warming world.
One reason for this lack of impact may be that most of us have little or no idea how these models work. These are expensive projects run by highly educated scientists working in elite laboratories and universities. It’s not like you can just go on the Web and make your own climate projections.
At least, that is, until now.
Climate Interactive is a web site that offers simulations people can use to both better understand how CO2 is warming the planet and what kind of options policymakers can take to reduce greenhouse gas reductions. [Read more…] about “The Agenda With Steve Paikin” Covers Climate Interactive