Climatepredictionnet

Climateprediction.net is a distributed computing project that uses the idle processing power of personal computers to run climate models. It was established by the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute. The project aims to improve our understanding of climate change by running a large number of climate model simulations. This allows researchers to explore a wider range of possible future climate scenarios and assess the uncertainty associated with climate projections.

Participants in Climateprediction.net download and run special software on their computers. When the computer is not being used, the software downloads and processes small chunks of climate model data. Once the processing is complete, the results are uploaded back to the project servers. This distributed computing approach enables the project to perform many more simulations than would be possible with traditional supercomputing resources alone.

The data generated by Climateprediction.net has been used in numerous scientific publications. It contributes to the broader scientific effort to understand the causes and potential impacts of climate change, providing valuable insights for policymakers and the public. The project is open to anyone with a computer and an internet connection who wishes to contribute to climate research.