Is Climate Modelling Science? At first glance this seems like a strange question. Isn’t science precisely the quantification of observations into a theory or model and then using that to make predictions? Yes. And are those predictions in different cases then tested against observations again and again to either validate those models or generate ideas for potential improvements? Yes, again. So the fact that climate modelling was recently singled out as being somehow non-scientific seems absurd. Granted, the author of the statement in question has little idea of what climate modelling is, or how or why it’s done. However, that his statement can be quoted in a major US newspaper says much about the level of public knowledge concerning climate change and the models used to try and understand it. Climate is complex. A good example is related to clouds. It’s important to note what these models are not good for. One of the most important features of complex systems is that most of their interesting behaviour is emergent.
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Deltoid. Plimer the plagiarist : Deltoid. ScienceBlogs. PopSci. HowStuffWorks. Mungo Man. Back to Don's Maps Back to Lake Mungo index Lake Mungo is a dry lake in south-western New South Wales, Australia. Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, and Mungo Lady, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated. Text above: Adapted from Wikipedia Painting of life at Lake Mungo by Giovanni Caselli. Note the fish traps, the wide variety of food hunted and collected, and the gunyahs or dwellings. Photo and artwork: Giovanni Caselli, by permission. Panorama of "The Walls of China", the eroded lunette on the eastern side of Lake Mungo, carved into fantastic shapes by the occasional rain which falls.
Photo: Don Hitchcock 2005 One of the many erosional features at the area known as "The Walls of China". Mungo Man Photo: Sydney Morning Herald Mungo Man Skull Aerial photo of the site.