Global climate is constantly changing and global warming is moving faster than the best models can handle. Assessing the future impact of influencing factors requires hundreds of years of simulations while we are moving further and further away from our reference points. “We are asking a lot of the models” because modeling the Earth on one square kilometer requires “a hundred thousand times more computation than we currently have”, said Robert Rohde, chief scientist at the open-source environmental data organization Berkeley Earth. Yet, global climate models are of local benefit when they are combined with enough regional data and with the right expertise to understand the risks to property and investments or to build infrastructure, create contingency plans, and for policy action.
Schlanger, Zoë. "Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth". The Atlantic. January 06, 2025. https://www.theatlantic.com/...
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