[bjterry]

NASA has a project they call the Earth System Digital Twin (ESDT): https://esto.nasa.gov/earth-system-digital-twin/. The ESA also uses the same language at https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/09/Digital_Tw...

[barbarr]

Oh, I had no clue. The Tony Stark-esque spinning earth graphics are hilarious. Guess the hype train catches everyone then.

[bitschubser_]

The Copernicus project (esa, ecmwf) also markets some products as „digital twins“