Simulate the human future.
Global Systems Lab is an interactive platform for systems modeling and scientific exploration. Evolve cultural foundations, experiment with Earth’s climate trajectories, investigate fractal mathematics, and study the coupled forces shaping human futures across scales.
Explore the tools
Bringing together together a unified set of interactive simulation tools that connect complex environments, Global Systems Lab incorporates Earth dynamics, planetary habitability, and mathematical structure to illuminate feedback and changes. Each tool emphasizes transparent assumptions, parameter sensitivity, and clear visual outputs.
Tools
Browse Global Systems Lab simulators for human wellbeing, climate, cosmic habitability, and fractal mathematics.
Human Experience Engine
Explore how policy, economy, health, culture, and environment interact. Run scenarios and compare wellbeing outcomes.
Earth System Simulator
Model global temperature response to greenhouse gases, aerosols, and ocean heat uptake. Compare equilibrium and time-varying scenarios.
Cosmic Habitability Simulator
Estimate surface temperature and liquid-water bounds across stellar and planetary parameters. Explore insolation, greenhouse effects, and uncertainty.
Fractal Explorer
Render Mandelbrot, Julia, and Burning Ship fractals with presets, zoom controls, and color maps to learn complex dynamics visually.
Biome Simulator
A scientific, browser-based ecosystem simulator. Explore food-web dynamics with Holling functional responses, genetic drift, and speciation. Observe and alter Allee effects, and climate–fitness interactions across 12 distinct biomes. Then push ecosystems to their limits with natural disasters and mass-extinction pulses.
Earthquake Explorer
Visualise live earthquake data from the USGS on an interactive map. Filter by region, date range, and magnitude to explore seismic trends, depth patterns, and tectonic activity anywhere on Earth. Powered by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program real-time feed.
NOAA Weather Map
Free real-time NOAA weather map. Live conditions, 7-day forecasts, wind, snowfall, and severe weather alerts for all 50 US states. No account or API key needed.
Global Simulator
See how the world's future changes based on choices about climate, energy, population and more.
Transmission
Announcements, release notes, and short dispatches from Global Systems Lab.
About
Mission, methods, and interactive simulations for complex systems.
Current Research
Researching complex themes and prototypes within systems modeling, and visualization.
Privacy
How Global Systems Lab handles data, cookies, and analytics. No accounts; scenarios are not stored.
About Global Systems Lab
Global Systems Lab is an independent research studio and interactive platform focused on systems thinking. Use the simulators to explore how complex inputs can shape long term outcomes across society, climate, and mathematical structures.