Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment to try and produce a
forecast of the climate in the 21st century. To do this, we need people
around the world to give us time on their computers - time when they have
their computers switched on, but are not using them to their full
capacity. read more about the experiment »
Why?
Climate change, and our response to it, are issues of global importance,
affecting food production, water resources, ecosystems, energy demand,
insurance costs and much else. There is a broad scientific consensus that
the Earth will probably warm over the coming century;
climateprediction.net should, for the first time, tell us what is most
likely to happen. read more about climate science »
What do we want you to do?
You can download a climate model from this website. It will run
automatically as a background process on your computer whenever you switch
your computer on. It should not affect any other tasks you use your
computer for. As the model runs, you can watch the weather patterns on
your, unique, version of the world evolve. The results are sent back to us
via the internet, and you will be able to see a summary of your results on
this web site. Climateprediction.net uses the
same underlying software, BOINC,
as many other distributed computing projects. If you like, you can participate in more
than one project at a time.
go to BOINC/ climateprediction.net download page »
Where can you go for help?
We have
two discussion boards moderated by experienced volunteers who can offer assistance to participants.
They also maintain the CPDN README collections, which are a good source of advice on common problems.
If you are in the climate research community and are interested in participating
in the experiment in a research capacity, the research pages provide some
basic background material.
