Leonard Smith and Erica Thompson: Doing Science in the Dark: The Challenges of Climate-Like Science

Climate prediction and weather prediction are very different: due to constant refinements and new techniques, the life time of a climate model is much less than the forecast we ask it to make, whereas the same weather model can be used to forecast tomorrow’s weather, day after day, for months if not years — allowing us to learn from our mistakes. By contrast, climate science is continually exploring new territory, using new and unproven techniques. The challenges of doing science partly in the dark, past successes and failures, and many examples will be discussed. No background knowledge of climate, weather or maths will be assumed.

Leonard Smith, London School of Economics
Erica Thompson, Oxford
October 29, 2014
Presented as part of the 2014 Library Speaker Series at the London Public Library.

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