QUANTUM COMPUTING: CAN FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

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….IN AN INFINITE UNIVERSE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE IMAGINED MIGHT SOMEWHERE EXIST.

                                                                  -Dean Koontz

Quantum computing is an emerging domain that is yet to enter our lives. However, the researchers are working hard to bring it into existence. Quantum computing can make the impossible possible. There are some problems that even supercomputers can’t solve. Quantum computers will however have the potential to solve such problems. In the same way that bits are used in a classical computer, quantum computers use quantum bits or qubits which can store information in the quantum form. A qubit can be 0 or 1, or a superposition of both 0 and 1. Experts expect quantum computing to help us understand biology and evolution, cure cancer, and even take steps to reverse climate change. Imagine you have four bits. Together, those four bits can have one of 16 possible combinations, such as 1011. 

The unique powers of quantum computation may give humanity an important weapon — or several weapons — against climate change, according to one quantum computer pioneer.

Climate change has led to serious crises around the globe. Classical computers can help in weather forecasting and can predict upcoming crises. But reversing the climatic condition has never been their cup of tea. Some problems exist that would take classical computers millions of years to solve that a quantum computer could solve in days or less. Solving these problems can help us address climate change. The other possible solution for the excess carbon in the atmosphere and to reach global climate goals is to suck it out. Chemical compounds take a lot of processing power. Every atom added to a compound makes simulation exponentially more difficult. Quantum computing can simulate the compounds that are likely to be more effective at capturing CO2.

There is a lot that can be done using quantum computing. Addressing climatic conditions is one such boon. Companies like IBM, GOOGLE are investing in this field. However, the number of people working in this field around the globe is still very less. Quantum computing has the power to revolutionize the healthcare domain, space exploration, etc.

“WHILE WE CAN’T LITERALLY TURN BACK TIME, IT IS A BIT LIKE REWINDING THE EMISSIONS CLOCK,” –TORBEN DAENEKE, RMIT UNIVERSITY. 



Akshita Agarwal
II Year 
CSE - A

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