ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Climateprediction.net

Climateprediction.net is a big computer game where you and lots of other people work together to help scientists understand how the Earth's climate is changing. It's like a big puzzle that we are all trying to solve!

The game is called a "distributed computing project," which means that everyone playing the game is using the power of their computer to do some really big and complicated calculations. These calculations help the scientists learn more about what might happen to the Earth in the future if we don't take good care of it.

When you play the game, you help the scientists by running a program on your computer that simulates the Earth's climate. This program needs lots of power to run, and that's where lots of people playing the game all around the world come in - we all put our computers to work to help the scientists.

By playing this game, we are all helping to solve a really important problem that affects all of us - how to make sure that the Earth stays healthy and safe for us and for all of the plants and animals that live here too! So keep playing and doing your part to help save our planet!