By Michael Renton (Click the image first and see what happens) Building computer simulations involves deciding which aspects of a real-world system are most important, and then representing them ‘in silico’ by using mathematical equations or computer-coded algorithms and rules. Models cannot include every part of reality, and thus must always simplify reality – in [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Climate Change’
April 16, 2010
The real significance of mass tuart flowering?
The following is what Colin Spencer of the City of Bunbury observed. Some active followers of the blogonforesthealth may have noticed his call in the comments section. In response to his observations, and in addition to her earlier blog posting, Katinka Ruthrof responds and … comes up with a suggestion. Food for thought?
January 5, 2010
A New Year after Copenhagen
By Marleen Buizer, Postdoctoral Researcher Was it to be a Roadmap, an Agreement or a Treaty? In the very end, it became ‘but’ an agreement with a commitment to limit global warming to 2°C. What do they mean by commitment? It gives an odd feeling, this agreement, as temperatures outside are swinging around 40°C now [...]
