Fancy tinkering with the atmosphere? The Derecho supercomputer can advise

NCAR's biggish iron will also explore wildfires, drought and solar storms

In hopes of mitigating the effects of climate change, scientists working in collaboration with the United States National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are using supercomputers to explore the risks and benefits of seeding the atmosphere with aerosols that would block sunlight and lower global temperatures.…