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Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on planet
2014-04-22 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: We can simulate the climate and we can even simulate babies. Now, we can simulate life on Earth, too - the vast and complex interactions of the living organisms on our planet. Named Madingley, after the village in Cambridgeshire, UK, where the idea was dreamed up, it's a mathematical model that could help us predict the future. It could tell us what would happen if all the bees disappeared, the difference it would make if pandas died out, and what the world might have looked like if humans had...
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