{"id":47056,"date":"2024-05-02T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=47056"},"modified":"2024-05-02T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:08:47","slug":"earth-system-models-boosted-with-new-computer-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/earth-system-models-boosted-with-new-computer-algorithm\/47056\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth System Models boosted with new computer algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"
Funded by the Agile Initiative, the scientist tested the models used in UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<\/a> (IPCC) simulations.<\/p>\n The new computer algorithm was shown to be, on average, ten times faster at spinning up the model than currently-used approaches.<\/p>\n The time taken to reach a stable equilibrium, which is needed for a simulation to run, was reduced from many months to under a week.<\/p>\n Study author Samar Khatiwala, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences, who devised the algorithm, said: \u201cMinimising model drift at a much lower cost in time, and energy is critical for climate change simulations, but the greatest value of this research may ultimately be to policymakers who need to know how reliable climate projections are.\u201d<\/p>\n The work is published in the journal\u00a0Science Advances<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Earth System Models, essential for forecasting climate change, simulate how Earth’s components interact. They predict future extreme weather and climate events, informing initiatives like the IPCC reports.<\/p>\nWhat are the current issues with Earth System Models?<\/h3>\n