A new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land.
Modeling
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Streamflow From Generative AI
The trifecta of predicting, assimilating, and downscaling streamflow has arrived with generative diffusion AI models.
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Climate Change Made This Summer’s Canadian Wildfires Twice as Likely
Wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and the Northwest Territories have burned more than 3.9 million hectares this summer, prompted widespread evacuation orders, and created poor air quality for not only Canadians, but more than 120 million people across the midwestern and northeastern United States. The fires spread exceptionally quickly, stressing the resources of local response agencies. About 700 fires are still active across Canada.
According to a new analysis, human-induced climate change and its contribution to fire conditions across Canada made these fires twice as likely to occur. The report is from World Weather Attribution, an international climate science partnership.
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A Hybrid Approach for Revealing Headwater Hydrology
Coordinated work to compile existing data and apply models pairing physical understanding with machine learning could substantially improve streamflow predictions for little-known headwater basins.
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How Water Flows Toward Cities During Hurricanes
Topography is a key factor exacerbating compound flooding, while coastal wetlands help protect cities.
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Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Might Make Flights Smoother
A new study suggests an intervention aimed at cooling the planet could have the additional benefit of reducing aircraft turbulence.
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Extended Reality Offers Opportunities for Scientific Show-and-Tell
Advances in virtual and augmented reality, spatial computing, and other technologies offer chances to work with data more intuitively, benefiting Earth and space science research and education.
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Comparing Machine Learning Models of Raindrop Formation
The simplest model, based on polynomials, yields the best performance.
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El Niño Warming Is Stronger Than La Niña Cooling. What’s the Right Way to Model This Asymmetry?
A new study looks at daily swings in sea surface temperatures for new insights.