Of course using computers adds to CO2 emmissions. They should do the calculations by hand to save the Earth.
--- "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Computers are being used to help better understand > the causes and > effects of Global Warming, and the role that human > interferance with the > planets envrionmental system causes or contributes > to global warming. > > #-------------------------------------------- > > > *Global Warming Studies Demand More Compute > Power* > > With the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on > Climate Change > <http://www.ipcc.ch/> 4th Assessment Report, even > skeptics are > acknowledging that global warming is heating up. > > According to the 4th Assessment Report > <http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/docs/WG1AR4_SPM_PlenaryApproved.pdf>, > we > can expect rising oceans, warmer oceans, sea ice > reduction, warmer > winters, and the like, all thanks to human-derived > greenhouse gases that > are playing havoc with our climate. The 2007 report > will be presented in > four phases during the year, with the first phase > focusing on physical > evidence of global change > > "We are now seeing, not merely predicting, effects > of greenhouse warming > on a scale and in ways that were not observable > before," said Gabriele > Hegerl, associate research professor at Duke > University's Nicholas > School of the Environment and Earth Sciences > <http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/>, who also > co-authored a summary of the > report for policymakers. Hegerl, a coordinating lead > author of the IPCC > report's chapter on "Understanding and Attributing > Climate Change," goes > on to say that "We've studied improved observations > from land, sea and > space, as well as better temperature reconstructions > covering the last > 1,000 years. Understanding the observations is > really what this all is > about. For instance, looking at the patterns of > change in 20th-century > temperatures, we can now distinguish between changes > caused by > greenhouse gases, man-made aerosols, variability in > solar radiation and > major volcanic eruptions." > > As you might expect all of this obervation and > modeling requires > computing power -- and lots of it. To that end, the > National Oceanic and > Atmospheric Administration <http://www.noaa.gov/> > (NOAA) has activated > its newest weather and climate supercomputers, > increasing the > computational might used for climate and weather > forecasts by 320 > percent. The IBM machines process 14 trillion > calculations per second at > maximum performance and ingest more than 240 million > global observations > daily. These computers also will process data from > Constellation > Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and > Climate > <http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/> (COSMIC) satellites, a > series of six > satellites launched in 2006. > > "Better physics, better models, better data, and > faster and more > powerful supercomputing are the foundation for > making better weather and > climate forecasts," said Conrad C. Lautenbacher, > undersecretary of > commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA > administrator." > > "One of the most fascinating things is that we see > that changes have > already happened or are happening now in more > climate variables than > just temperature," says Hegerl. "For instance, there > have been observed > changes in ocean temperatures, global rainfall and > in circulation of the > atmosphere. We now are beginning to understand that > these changes occur > at least partly in response to anthropogenic > influences on climate. This > allows us to better evaluate model simulations, > which do simulate > aspects of these changes, although not as > successfully as they simulate > changes in temperature." > > http://www.ddj.com/blog/portal/archives/2007/02/global_warming.html > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/3yma5v > > #------------------------------------------- > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > Saddam - Hung for the Holidays http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
