Computer Model Showcases Possible Consequences of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Emissions

With the aid of a new supercomputer model, Inez Fung says she can see the future, and according to her study released last week, it isn’t pretty. After decades of collaboration with researchers throughout the country, the director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center finally saw the fruits of her labor: a glimpse of what the Earth might be like in the 21st century if current levels of fossil fuel production continue unabated—hotter, drier and teeming with carbon.