How AI could power the climate breakthrough the world needs

A screenshot of the Permafrost Discovery Gateway Imagery Viewer showing yellow polygons representing ice wedges

graphic by Robyn Thiessen-Bock.

How AI could power the climate breakthrough the world needs

A screenshot of the Permafrost Discovery Gateway Imagery Viewer showing yellow polygons representing ice wedges

Tomato growers in central India have been increasingly worried about the volatility that extreme weather events have brought to the region. For much of the area, the last decade has been punctuated by severe droughts that led to significant crop loss, impacting the livelihoods of local farmers.

On the other side of the world, Silicon Valley startup ClimateAi is developing an artificial intelligence platform to evaluate how vulnerable crops are to warming temperatures over the next two decades. The tool uses data on the climate, water and soil of a particular location to measure how viable the landscape will be for growing in the coming years.

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