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Al Gore enlists supercomputers to fight global warming |
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Written by Peter Scott
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Monday, 23 November 2009 11:34 |
They show us how bad things will be
Former US Vice President and environmental crusader Al Gore believes supercomputers could do more to help reverse global warming.
Gore gave a keynote at the Supercomputer 2009 conference and laid out
several ideas for harnessing the number crunching potential of these
behemoths. Gore believes advanced simulations and visualization tools
helped efforts to reduce the emission of gases harmful to the ozone
layer.
Gore hopes supercomputer simulations will allow scientists better understand the impact of global warming and work out ways to mitigate its effects.
"The real
challenge, here, is to make the climate crisis tangible to everyone,
which can be accomplished with supercomputing modeling and
simulations," said Gore. Basically, supercomputer simulations that show us the future could prompt people to act sooner, especially people whose pricey beach houses could turn into fish sanctuaries in a few decades.
Of course we understand and support Gore when it comes to climate
change. He has lost Florida once already, so we're hoping he's learned
his lesson and won't let the Glades turn into beach property.
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