Nations around the world team up to face real threats, just like in sci-fi movies. Through European teamwork, they built the LUMI supercomputer in Finland. LUMI ranks as the eighth fastest computer globally and tops all others in Europe. It runs with power equal to 1.5 million high-end laptops using HPE Cray technology and AMD parts. The system uses clean hydropower for energy and heats about 100 nearby homes with its waste heat.
LUMI tackles climate change through the Destination Earth project. This digital twin maps our planet down to five-kilometer sections. Scientists can update climate forecasts yearly instead of waiting seven to ten years between reports. The model lets officials test how different policies might help reduce global warming. They can see results before making real-world decisions.
The supercomputer also helps predict natural disasters that killed at least 3,700 people last year. LUMI works with European research centers on solid earth science projects. One team uses it to forecast dangerous glacier floods in Iceland. These floods happen when temperature, weather, ice melt, and small earthquakes mix in hard-to-reach areas. Scientists hope earlier warnings from their computer models will save lives when glaciers suddenly burst.
LUMI tackles climate change through the Destination Earth project. This digital twin maps our planet down to five-kilometer sections. Scientists can update climate forecasts yearly instead of waiting seven to ten years between reports. The model lets officials test how different policies might help reduce global warming. They can see results before making real-world decisions.
The supercomputer also helps predict natural disasters that killed at least 3,700 people last year. LUMI works with European research centers on solid earth science projects. One team uses it to forecast dangerous glacier floods in Iceland. These floods happen when temperature, weather, ice melt, and small earthquakes mix in hard-to-reach areas. Scientists hope earlier warnings from their computer models will save lives when glaciers suddenly burst.
