????微軟馬丁利模型

????上圖中紅、黃、綠各色斑點，代表了非洲大草原上的動物生命。紅點是食肉動物，黃點是雜食動物，綠點是食草動物。微軟致力于建立一個地球上所有生命的模擬模型，上圖只是這個宏偉藍圖的一個早期原型。微軟希望這個“馬丁利”模型能夠預測氣候變化將如何影響不同動物的命運。目前微軟還在開發另一個專門針對海洋生物的模型，它著重研究的是許多魚類賴以為生的海洋植物。該項目首席科學家德魯?柏維斯表示：“氣候變化有很多相互聯系的組成部分。我們需要預測模型顯示，森林和海洋在未來會發生什么變化。”

????Microsoft’s Madingley Model

????Red, yellow, and green dots grow and shrink on a graph representing animal life on the African Savannah. The red dots are carnivores, the yellow, omnivores, and the green, herbivores. The graph is an early prototype by Microsoft to create a simulation of all life on earth. The hope is to create tool - called the Madingley Model - that will predict how environmental changes will impact the mortality of different animals. So far, Microsoft has working models of the carbon cycle showing animal life on land and in the sea. It is working on another focused on the ocean, particularly plants that are a major food source for fish. “Climate change has many interrelated parts,” said Drew Purves, head scientist for the group handling the project for Microsoft. “We need predictive models of what will happen to the forest and oceans in the future.”