Mikyoung Jun

Despite some climate “skeptics” over global warming and climate change due to human influence, it is safe to say that scientific consensus has been achieved and the majority of the public believes that it is real. It can be observed that global surface temperature keeps rising and that arctic sea ice is shrinking rapidly. Numerous scientific research studies report that the increase in global surface temperatures is due to human-induced emission of greenhouse gases.

Since we can only observe the past and present climate, though, we need tools and methods for accurate prediction of future climate change. Furthermore, temperature or precipitation are not the only causes, but rather, numerous climate variables vary and interact together over space and time. Thus, we need sophisticated tools and methods for understanding the current climate and forecasting the future climate as accurately as possible.

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