How to predict climate change from the comfort of your home

For the first time, the effects of human activity on climate change can be explored using a cheap personal computer. The causes of climate change can be demoed using a cheap home or school computer, thanks to a Python program developed by a team at the University of Bath. Last updated on Friday 10 September 2021 - The causes of climate change can be demonstrated using a cheap home or school computer, thanks to a Python program developed by a team at the University of Bath. The program, the only one of its kind, will be demonstrated for the first time on Saturday at the British Science Festival - a free, week-long event that celebrates the people and ideas at the heart of science. The event is aimed at both school children and the general public, and this year's festival is being held in Chelmsford, Essex. The Climate Predictor was designed to be run on a Raspberry Pi - a small computer that can be purchased (along with a keyboard and mouse) for around £50, and the code can be downloaded for free on any home or school computer. While it's a lot less sophisticated than the climate models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to predict climate change, and which require a supercomputer to run, the Python program (a high-level, general-purpose programming language) can still give useful predictions and can trigger insight into the climate crises.