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Green at WIRED NextFest: NASA/JPL's Climate Time Machine

by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 09.30.08
Science & Technology

WIRED NextFest Chicago 2008 NASA Climate Time Machine photo

Climate Time Machine
Because everybody is affected by the weather, it seems like everybody likes to improvise themselves a climate scientist. Amateur theories about global warming are a dime a dozen and, unfortunately, that can make it hard for the general public and policy makers to figure out what's based on sound science and what has just been made up in 5 minutes by someone who doesn't know anything about climate science.

That's the problem that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is trying to help fix with Climate Time Machine. Read on for more details.

Nasa JPL Climate Time Machine Nextfest photo

Visualization of Complex Scientific Data
The Climate Time Machine is a way to make all the data (CO2, air temperature, ice thickness, sea levels, etc) visual so that it can be better understood. It's also interactive: You can drag a pointer along a timeline and see the chances in the Arctic ice cap, for example.

You can check it out for yourself on the Climate Time Machine website.

WIRED NextFest Chicago 2008 Climate Time Machine photo

WIRED NextFest 2008
WIRED NextFest is taking place in Chicago's Millenium Park between Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, October 12. It is free and open to the public. Just look for the big blue tent.

Via Climate Time Machine

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That's cool. Reminds me of how they had to sell the concept of the LHC to politicians, so they had to make cartoons. Gotta make things easy to understand.

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