--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Access to supercomputers. The science is…" description: "\"Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our ability to implement it. It's quite clear that if we could run our models at a higher resolu..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/julia-slingo-251039_ability_access-to-supercomputers-the-science-is_653026.jpg" --- # Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our… ![“Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our ability to implement it. It's quite clear that if we could run our models at a higher resolution we could do a much better job-tomorrow-in terms of our seasonal and decadal predictions. It's so frustrating. We keep saying we need four…” quote by Julia Slingo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/julia-slingo-251039_ability_access-to-supercomputers-the-science-is_653026.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/julia-slingo-251039_ability_access-to-supercomputers-the-science-is_653026.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/julia-slingo-251039_ability_access-to-supercomputers-the-science-is_653026.jpg) > “Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our ability to implement it. It's quite clear that if we could run our models at a higher resolution we could do a much better job-tomorrow-in terms of our seasonal and decadal predictions. It's so frustrating. We keep saying we need four times the computing power. We're talking just 10 or 20 million a year-dollars or pounds-which is tiny compared to the damage done by disasters. Yet it's a difficult argument to win.” Julia Slingo ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Advances in climate modeling outpace computational resources; more funding is needed for higher‑resolution predictions to mitigate disaster impacts. **In simple terms:** We need more computing power for better climate forecasts. Key Takeaway Advocate for climate computing investment. Themes climate science computing funding policy disaster mitigation Mood analysis call‑to‑action Type Ability:0 Access:0 Argument:0 Better job:0 Better jobs:0 Clear:0 Climate change:1 Computers:0 Computing:0 Damage:0 Difficult:0 Disaster:0 Dollars:0 Done:0 Energy:0 Environment:0 Four:0 Frustrating:0 Funding:1 Higher:0 Ifs:0 Jobs:0 Millions:0 Models:0 Needs:0 Pounds:0 Predictions:0 Resolution:0 Running:0 Science:1 Supercomputers:0 Talking:0 Term:0 Tiny:0 Tomorrow:0 Wells:0 Winning:0 Years:0 Decadal Predictions:0 Supercomputers Science:0 Predictions Frustrating:0 Science Ahead:0 When to use this quote - May underestimate political challenges. 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