http://climateprediction.net/ BOINC project climateprediction.net: Main page News University of Oxford Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:37:18 GMT en-gb http://climateprediction.net/rss_image.jpg http://climateprediction.net/ Wed, Aug 13 2008 13:45:55 GMT The CPDN PHP board may experience some disruption on Friday the 15th of August due to moving to a new server. The CPDN BOINC board will not be affected.Thanks in advance for your patience during this process. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT CPDN recently passed the impressive milestone of 33 million model years. Continued thanks to all participants for making this tremendously valuable resource possible. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:30:00 GMT Climateprediction.net received a big plug when Coordinator Suzanne Rosier spoke on climate change at an Institute of Physics workshop for Physics teachers held in the Physics Department of Oxford University. Around a hundred teachers attended the presentation, in which CPDN results were shown and the capabilities of the project highlighted. In particular new links were forged which it is hoped will facilitate the planned expansion of CPDN's schools outreach programme. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:00 GMT Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor, Oxford, held its first Environment Day, in which various activities encouraged students to think about their impact on the environment and ways in which they could minimise consumption and help us move towards a more sustainable future. The day began with a general presentation by CPDN Coordinator Suzanne Rosier, in which the climateprediction.net project featured. The day was rounded off with the presentation of prizes and a talk on future energy use by Dr. Katherine Blundell, also of Oxford University's Physics Department. Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT CPDN was well represented at the Royal Society Discussion Meeting `The Environmental e-Science Revolution'. Principal Investigator Dr. Myles Allen's presentation at this well-attended meeting was accompanied by a demonstration booth showcasing CPDN's results and capabilities. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:15:00 GMT As part of National Science Week Climateprediction.net was delighted to form part of a new Oxford University initiative, the Oxford University Science Roadshow. Representatives from various of the University's science departments went on tour to several venues around Oxfordshire. Climateprediction.net visited King Alfred's School in Wantage, where Coordinator Suzanne Rosier led two hours of workshops for Year 11 students and Principal Investigator Myles Allen delivered an evening public lecture entitled `Climate Change: Where To From Here?'. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:30:00 GMT The BBC Climate Change Experiment has won the internet category of the Prix Europa, a pan-European media award. More details can be seen on the Prix Europa website. We would like to thank once again our BBC participants for all their efforts towards making this possible. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:07:01 GMT On the 11th of August Oxford University will be shutting off the power to its computing services' server room for a routine electrical inspection (this happens every 5 years). The server room houses the CPDN servers, so there will be no service from Friday evening until Sunday morning at the earliest. Please note that these times are longer than originally expected as the maintenance duration has been extended. We expect our servers to be fully functioning again by Monday morning at the latest. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:10:11 GMT Chris Knight, together with various members of the cpdn team, have published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which looks at what factors most effect the result that a climate model gives, using data from the first, 3 phase, slab ocean experiments (see http://www.climateprediction.net/science/strategy.php). Reassuringly, the paper finds that model parameters matter much more than what computer you happen to run the model on. The paper has received a mention in 'The Economist' (http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=9433721) and Environmental Research Web (http://www.environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/30501), It has already appeared as an 'early edition' and will probably be in next weeks PNAS. Unfortunately, unless you subscribe to PNAS, you wont be able to view the paper there for 6 months, so follow the link at the bottom to see a pre-publication version of the paper.http://www.climateprediction.net/science/pubs/PNAS_knightetal_2007.pdf