It’s a seemingly whimsical exercise, but it serves serious purposes.
- Senior Research Associate in Meteorology, University of Bristol
We modelled the climate during this period and discovered episodes of intense ocean heating.
Climate scientists have simulated Arrakis as a desert and with its long-lost oceans.
A supercontinent could raise global temperatures to such a degree that it could wipe out mammals.
Yes, dinosaurs really did survive in snow – we simulated the Cretaceous climate to prove it.
We simulated the desert planet to find out.
¿Es Dune científicamente plausible? Hemos desarrollado un modelo climático para averiguarlo.
Is Dune scientifically plausible? We ran a climate model to find out.
Scientists have reconstructed the monsoon over 145m years – and found it predates the Himalayas.
Closing the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans strengthened the gulf stream and helped kick off ice ages.
But it’s been millions of years since carbon in the atmosphere last warmed the planet to this extent.
We’ve never had multi-year seasons here on Earth, but long cold spells might be similar to a Westerosi winter.
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