How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives
Accurate predictions are critical for giving coastal residents time to evacuate and emergency responders time to prepare.
Tag: artificial intelligence
Nuclear-powered data centers are a dangerous boondoggle
Billionaires want to use your tax dollars to put nuclear-powered AI data centers in drought-prone farmland.
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
Periods of abnormally high water temperatures in rivers are becoming more common, more intense and longer lasting.
New AI flood model gives water managers up-to-the-minute decision-making tool
The model could transform how water managers predict and respond to flooding in Florida’s vast canal system.
FSU researchers receive National Science Foundation grant to strengthen wildfire management in hurricane-prone areas
The project will develop artificial intelligence tools to help manage wildfires fueled by hurricanes in the Florida Panhandle.
Communities pay the price for ‘free’ AI tools
AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones
Our global study found that areas where industrial fishing is banned are largely succeeding at preventing poaching.
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed enough water to supply all of the state's residential users for five ...
New AI tool tracks early signs of hurricane formation
A system developed by the University of Miami is giving forecasters a way to distinguish between key tropical weather patterns.
AI will play key role in storm mitigation, emergency response
Artificial intelligence can analyze weather data, providing recommendations to authorities on emergency response efforts.