Supercomputers may help predict climate changes locally - Wire - Lifestyle - bellinghamherald.com

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Lawrence Buja, the director of the Climate Science and Application Program at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said climate models had moved quickly from "Climate 1.0" to "Climate 2.0."

In Climate 1.0, the main issue was to prove that human-caused climate change was happening. "For that we needed models developed over 40 years to understand and address this question," he said.