Climate change: Scientists' 'digital twin' of Earth helps predict flooding and food shortages

Scientists are developing a'digital twin' of Earth to predict future events caused by climate change to help world leaders better prepare. Developed by European scientists and ETH Zurich, researchers say the machine learning algorithm will develop and test simulations leading up to 2050. The virtual model will also predict all processes'as realistically as possible,' including the influence of humans on water, food and energy management and the processes in the physical Earth system. Scientists say the digital twin will provide an accurate representation of the past, present and future changes of our real world. The virtual planet is part of a ten-year program by the European Union called Destination Earth that is designed to push Europe to achieve net carbon neutrality by 2050.