The Economist | Can AI help weather forecasting save lives? @TheEconomist | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
As global warming makes weather more extreme and deadly, accurate and accessible weather forecasting has never been more needed.

00:00 - Hurricane Otis
00:40 - Extreme weather
01:33 - Democratic Republic of Congo
02:38 - Problems with forecasting
04:25 - Innovative solutions
05:41 - Arrival of AI
07:30 - Smallholder farmers
09:30 - Early warning systems

Read about the high-tech race to improve weather forecasting: https://econ.st/4a1pqpo

Listen to how new technology will make weather forecasting fit for the 21st century: https://econ.st/3uLWXDu

Why the world’s poor need to know about weather disasters ahead of time: https://econ.st/3QZkaJV

Will global average temperatures pass a threshold in 2024? https://econ.st/46EP0xn

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How to predict record-shattering weather events: https://econ.st/46CGAq7

What can be done to adapt farming to climate change?: https://econ.st/3N6cLax