Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon help predict disasters related to climate change.
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Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search to help people stay safe during heat waves. It’s part of a growing number of AI applications to monitor global warming.
“AI is a powerful tool for understanding the resilience of transportation, healthcare, water, energy, and communications systems in response to extreme weather,” Auroop Ganguly, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI, told Lifewire in an email interview. “We’ve used network and data science to gain predictive insights into everything from the impact of climate on crop yields in the Midwest to the resilience of India’s rail system and the U.S. airspace system.”
Extreme heat kills nearly 500,000 people each year, and Google says search interest in heat waves is growing. The search giant says that when users search for information about extreme heat, the new feature means they’ll see details about when a heat wave is expected to start and end, tips for staying cool and related health issues.
