{"id":10768,"date":"2022-03-29T22:48:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1383484"},"modified":"2022-03-29T22:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:48:52","slug":"scientists-think-they-can-control-the-weather-using-chaos-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=10768","title":{"rendered":"Scientists think they can control the weather using chaos theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A team of researchers led by the RIKEN center in Japan have discovered an experimental way to control the weather itself using a chaos theory concept related to the flapping of a butterfly\u2019s wings.<\/span><\/p>\n

That might sound like something out of a science fiction B-movie, but it\u2019s legit peer-reviewed research.<\/span><\/p>\n

Up front:<\/strong> Previous attempts at controlling the weather have paid off with minimum success. Currently, if we find some big fat rain clouds ready to burst, we can preempt them by seeding them<\/a> to cause precipitation. <\/span><\/p>\n

But the RIKEN team is talking about an entirely different level of control.<\/span><\/p>\n

Per the team\u2019s research paper<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n

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We aim to apply \u201cthe control of chaos\u201d to the weather \u2026 we would like to control the weather within its natural variability and to aid human activities, for example, by shifting the location of an extreme rain region to avoid disasters without causing a side-effect on the global climate. <\/span><\/p>\n

For extreme weather that occurs in a chaotic manner under natural variations, the control of chaos suggests that proper infinitesimal perturbations to the natural atmosphere alter the orbit of the atmospheric dynamics to a desired direction. <\/span><\/p>\n

If the proper infinitesimal perturbations are within our engineering capability, we could apply the control in the real world. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To get an idea as to how hard the \u201ccontrol of chaos\u201d is these researchers are referring to, we have to use the kind of math only supercomputers can handle. <\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, meteorologists employ cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence<\/a> and quantum computers to predict weather forecasts.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, even with our best efforts, it\u2019s still really hard<\/em> to do. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A seven-day forecast can accurately predict the weather about 80 percent of the time and a five-day forecast can accurately predict the weather approximately 90 percent of the time. However, a 10-day\u2014or longer\u2014forecast is only right about half the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So how is chaos theory<\/a> supposed to give us better odds than coin flip? It all goes back to the Butterfly Effect<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Per the paper:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The \u201cbutterfly effect\u201d, discovered by Lorenz in the 1960s, is a phenomenon that an infinitesimal perturbation like \u201ca butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil\u201d causes a big consequence like \u201ca tornado in Texas\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

This extreme sensitivity brings chaotic behaviors and an intrinsic limit to predictability, but it also allows us to design an effective control \u2026 that is, we could take advantage of the \u201cbutterfly effect\u201d and design an effective control with a series of infinitesimal interventions leading to a desired future. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In essence, the researchers developed complex weather simulations and then identified specific thermal windows where the application of artificial temperature fluctuations could influence the ultimate outcome of a local weather system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of changing the climate, the scientists would essentially be flipping just enough switches \u2014 or getting enough butterflies to flap their wings in a different direction, if you prefer \u2014 inside a local weather system to get it to do something predictable.<\/span><\/p>\n

This could help move tornado systems, typhoons, or dangerous storms away from areas where they impact people or even help mitigate droughts and other prolonged abnormal weather patterns. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, the team\u2019s very concerned about the potential ramifications of controlling the weather through chaos theory. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the research:<\/span><\/p>\n

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We cannot be too cautious about potential side-effects and must consider and address every possible consequence.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Luckily for all of us, the RIKEN team isn\u2019t out there changing the weather in the real world. So far, all of their experiments have been done in supercomputer simulations. <\/span><\/p>\n

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