Open AccessEarth System Modeling Must Become More Energy Efficient
Author(s) -
Richard Loft
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo147051
Subject(s) - carbon footprint , energy (signal processing) , footprint , earth (classical element) , environmental science , earth system science , computer science , energy system , meteorology , earth science , environmental resource management , greenhouse gas , geology , geography , oceanography , paleontology , statistics , physics , mathematics , mathematical physics
As weather and climate models grow larger and more data intensive, the amount of energy needed to run them continues to increase. Are researchers doing enough to minimize the carbon footprint of their computing?