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Met Office and Microsoft To Build Climate Supercomputer

Friday April 23, 2021. 05:21 PM , from Slashdot/Apple
The Met Office is working with Microsoft to build a weather forecasting supercomputer in the UK. From a report: They say it will provide more accurate weather forecasting and a better understanding of climate change. The UK government said in February 2020 it would invest $1.6bn in the project. It is expected to be one of the top 25 supercomputers in the world when it is up and running in the summer of 2022. Microsoft plans to update it over the next decade as computing improves. 'This partnership is an impressive public investment in the basic and applied sciences of weather and climate,' said Morgan O'Neill, assistant professor at Stanford University, who is independent of the project. 'Such a major investment in a state-of-the-art weather and climate prediction system by the UK is great news globally, and I look forward to the scientific advances that will follow.' The Met Office said the technology would increase their understanding of the weather -- and will allow people to better plan activities, prepare for inclement weather and get a better understanding of climate change.

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