Recent events that indicate that the Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory

FILE - Cargo ships line up outside the Port of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Los Angeles.  Maritime nations are finalizing a plan to reduce shipping sector emissions to zero by around 2050 on Thursday, July 6, 2023, but experts warn that the deal falls short of what is needed to prevent the climate catastrophe.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Files)

Like a warming Earth boiled into troubling new territory This week, scientists said unofficial records set for the average planetary temperature are a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment. But the heat is also just one way the planet is telling us something is gravely wrong, they said. Heat … Read more

Artificial intelligence and supercomputing to predict extreme weather events

Artificial intelligence and supercomputing to predict extreme weather events

02:52 What if you could tell where the next big flood will hit or which region might be devastated by a drought? Could an artificial intelligence (AI) model be used to predict which forest area was most at risk from potentially catastrophic fires? Advances in supercomputing and artificial intelligence mean this will soon become a … Read more