Better Models for Our Planet

by WiredBerries Editors — December 17, 2007

New research may lead to better climate models for global warming. According to the UCLA Newsroom, one hundred fifty scientists from more than 40 universities in nine countries are starting a coordinated program aimed at gaining new insights about the Earth's climate and the complex, interconnected system involving the oceans, the atmosphere, and the land. The program will study the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the marine area off South America's west coast--a region where the interplay among low clouds, strong low-level winds, coastal ocean currents, surfacing of deep water, the Andes Mountains, aerosols, and other factors shape the regional climate and affect global weather in ways that are poorly understood. Perhaps this program will enable us to better understand the multifaceted climate structure so that we can work to improve the climate change situation.