What does the future hold for climate modeling?
As mentioned earlier climate modeling is a relatively young field of scientific research and problems regarding the validity of data obtained using such models is abound. The complex nature of the earth’s climate makes uncertainty inevitable and makes precisely controlled experimentation inherently difficult. More money and talent needs to be attracted to this field of research so that progress can continue towards increasing the validity and prediction ability of these models. Important issues still need to be tackled such as understanding how clouds react to increased levels of green house gases and increasing the resolution of models so that they can project for small regional areas. As well we need to work towards increasing our understanding of past climates which will aid in validating future predictions and, in turn, increase their credibility. There are a lot of tough decisions to be made on the climate change front. The economic livelihood of a good portion of the earth’s popu
