The climate of 2050 depends on today’s choices. By this date, the average global temperature will have exceeded the threshold of 1.5 degrees higher than in the second half of the nineteenth century. What consequences await us? Climate models help build projections of possible future scenarios and make informed decisions. The laws that describe the climate, from mechanics to thermodynamics, have been known for centuries. But climate, like weather, is a complex system, in which variables interact with each other and influence each other.
To study climate change, science today uses increasingly powerful computers, capable of processing large quantities of data and creating increasingly realistic simulations. From the physics and mathematics of the climate, to the tools for predicting global and local impacts, this book is a guide to understanding the work of those who do research behind the graphs and acronyms that bounce around the media, including the most difficult “mission”: communicate data to political decision makers.
Susanna CortiSusanna Corti, research director at the Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (ISAC) of the CNR, deals with climate predictability on seasonal, annual and decadal time scales, and with climate reconstructions and scenarios.
Since 2007 has been Executive Editor of Climate Dynamics, a scientific journal published by Springer Nature. In February 2018 was selected as Lead Author for the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021.
Annalisa CherchiAnnalisa Cherchi, first researcher at the Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (ISAC) of the CNR, studies climate variability and climate change, especially in tropical areas.
Is part of international committees for the study of the monsoon and the predictability of the Earth system. In February 2018 was selected as Lead Author for the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021.
The climate of 2050 depends on today’s choices. By this date, the average global temperature will have exceeded the threshold of 1.5 degrees higher than in the second half of the nineteenth century. What consequences await us? Climate models help us build projections of possible future scenarios and make informed decisions. The laws that describe the climate, from mechanics to thermodynamics, have been known for centuries. But climate, like weather, is a complex system, in which variables interact with each other and influence each other.
To study climate change, science today uses increasingly powerful computers, capable of processing large quantities of data and creating increasingly realistic simulations. From the physics and mathematics of the climate, to the tools for predicting global and local impacts, this book is a guide to understanding the work of those who do research behind the graphs and acronyms that bounce around the media, including the most difficult “mission”: communicate data to political decision makers.
November 13, 2023
9-10am |
Event location:
EXMA Conference room
Via San Lucifero, 71 Cagliari
Access to the Cagliari FestivalScienza activities is free for everyone. Reservations are required only for schools and organized groups.
