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Old Weather Points to Future Climate

Despite super computers and complex algorithms, climate change modeling is far from perfect. What’s needed is more data, and climate scientists are looking for it in some unusual places. We discuss Old Weather a crowd sourcing project to mine weather data from NineteenthCentury ships' logs and a new underwater vehicle designed to collect data from a region we’ve never explored before -- beneath the sea ice

We speak with Philip Brohan, climate scientist from the Met Office Hadley Centre; Kevin Wood, a research scientist at the University of Washington and NOAA’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, and Michael Lapides, director of digital initiatives at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
 
To discuss how the extent of present day sea ice can help us better model the impacts of climate change and the new robotic technology that allows researchers to obtain more precise data about the ice we talk with Ted Maksym, an applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Scientist at WHOI, and Mike Jakuba, a research engineer with WHOI’s Deep Submergence Lab.

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Mindy Todd is the host and producer of <i>The Point</i> on WCAI which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings more than 40 years of experience in radio and television to WCAI.
Amy has worked at WCAI since 2001. After 11 years in the WCAI development department, she shifted gears and became producer for The Point with Mindy Todd. She enjoys the challenges of producing a daily public affairs program and the opportunity to research and learn about the wide variety of topics covered by the program. Before coming to WCAI, Amy spent nearly a decade sailing offshore as a mate on sailing school oceanographic research vessels. She lives in Falmouth with her husband and son.