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September/October 2008

Modeling Is Believing

A new initiative conveys the urgency of studying climate change.

By Brittany Sauser

Professor John Sterman checks in with students negotiating greenhouse-gas emissions.
Credit: Marc Bernsau

Graduate students huddled in the middle of a classroom in the Tang Center are in the midst of a passionate negotiation when Professor John Sterman yells, "Time's up! Give me a number!" Getting no reply, he begins plugging figures into a laptop.

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