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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Living Earth Simulator - Are you living in one of these?

Technology Review - 4.30.10

The 'Living Earth Simulator' will mine economic, environmental and health data to create a model of the entire planet in real time.

When it comes to global crises, we're not short of complex systems that look close to the edge: the climate, the food supply, energy security, the banking system and so on. Add to this the threat of war in many parts of the world and the possibility of global pandemics and it's a wonder that anybody gets out of bed in the morning.

Science has certainly played an important role in understanding aspects of these systems but could it do more?

Read on...

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