climate change and biology

There's an interesting story in today's Miller-McCune Magazine about how scientists are for the first time incorporating biology into their climate models.

Here's an excerpt; read the whole thing here.

For the first time, researchers at the premier climate-modeling institute in the United States are explicitly incorporating the complexities of marine life into their computer simulations. The first of these next-generation models was initiated last month, and while final data won't be available until next year, their approach is already promising the most accurate climate simulations ever. More accurate climate models will help to inform and guide world leaders, policy makers and everyday people who seek to avoid potentially irreversible harm to the planet due to climate change caused by mankind. Understanding why — and why it took so long - to incorporate biology into climate models means taking a closer look not just at the computers but at the microscopic life of the oceans.