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While reading the latest pseudo-scientific bunk about climate change, from some arts-degree toting, petrol-company funded hack, I stumbled across a comment from someone saying they wished they could just “download the models and do the science themselves”.

Even though that’s probably a bit rich, I think there’s maybe more to it than an afternoon of modelling involved, it turns out you actually can download a model and play with it.

It’s called EdGCM, Education Global Climate Modelling, from Columbia University.

Unfortunately, it’s only available for Windows or Mac. Neither of which I have. But, Linux nerds take note, they have a poll on their home page asking what platform users run EdGCM on, or would like to, including Linux.

So go and vote and get those climate monkeys coding on the Linux version!