Extreme Weather Warning: Deep learning system helps predict extreme temperatures.
Climate Change

Extreme Weather Warning: Deep learning system helps predict extreme temperatures.

Severe heat waves and cold snaps are especially hard to forecast because atmospheric perturbations can have effects that are difficult to compute. Neural networks show promise where typical methods have stumbled.

February 12, 20201 min read
Bad Recommendations: Activists say YouTube's algorithm spreads climate disinformation.
Climate Change

Bad Recommendations: Activists say YouTube's algorithm spreads climate disinformation.

YouTube is a great place to learn about new ideas — including some that have been thoroughly discredited. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is helping spread misinformation about climate change, according to research by Avaaz, a self-funded activist group.

January 22, 20202 min read
Bad Recommendations: Activists say YouTube's algorithm spreads climate disinformation.
Climate Change

Bad Recommendations: Activists say YouTube's algorithm spreads climate disinformation.

YouTube is a great place to learn about new ideas — including some that have been thoroughly discredited. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is helping spread misinformation about climate change, according to research by Avaaz, a self-funded activist group.

January 22, 20202 min read
Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output
Climate Change

Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output

Solar-thermal power plants concentrate the sun’s energy using huge arrays of mirrors. AI is helping those arrays stay in focus.

December 4, 20192 min read
Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output
Climate Change

Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output

Solar-thermal power plants concentrate the sun’s energy using huge arrays of mirrors. AI is helping those arrays stay in focus.

December 4, 20192 min read

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