Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Global warming could be twice as bad as feared: computer model
News: "Until now, most computer models of climate change predict that if atmospheric levels of CO2 reach double of the pre-industrial age, the Earth's surface temperature will be between two and five C (3.6-9.0 F) warmer when compared with 1990 levels.
But a study published Thursday in the British science journal Nature suggests that the temperature rise could be much higher -- of between nearly two (3.6 F) and more than 11 C (19.8 F).
The research comes from a highly ambitious project in 'shared computing,' in which more than 90,000 people in more than 140 countries downloaded a special programme to crunch through data on their personal computer. "
But a study published Thursday in the British science journal Nature suggests that the temperature rise could be much higher -- of between nearly two (3.6 F) and more than 11 C (19.8 F).
The research comes from a highly ambitious project in 'shared computing,' in which more than 90,000 people in more than 140 countries downloaded a special programme to crunch through data on their personal computer. "
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