Sprawling and powerful 'community models' shaping future of regional and global science
Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 13:01
in Earth & Climate
Since the dawn of science, scientists have been using models to visualize and explain the workings of the world. But where the earliest ideas might have been conveyed in something as simple as a cave painting, modern-day scientists are wrestling with phenomena as big and complicated as intercontinental air pollution, desertification and global warming.