I've just been reading about a new Climate Change experiment that the BBC has just launched.

They want to recruit at least 10,000 people to take part in the experiment - quite ambitious! So what are they asking of participants? Computer capacity.

So without claiming to be any kind of an IT computer expert, it sounds as if they want to harness all the unused capacity in people's computers round the world in order to build a super-computer that has enough brain power to calculate how climate change could effect the world.

The better the predictions we have about climate change, the better prepared we'll be for extreme weather conditions, changing landscapes and rising tides.

Intrigued? Want to join the experiment?
Go to: www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/