Ai2 and Google collaborate on a new generation of climate models

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Ai2 is launching a new climate modeling initiative with multimillion-dollar, three-year funding from Google.org and technical support from Google Research. The funding will expand our Climate Modeling team as we develop NeuralGCM+, an open-source model designed to make climate projections faster and more reliable.

The project builds on Google Research’s NeuralGCM , which uses physical equations to simulate large scale dynamics and AI to represent smaller-scale processes such as cloud formation and rainfall. We will extend it to simulate the atmosphere and ocean together, capturing how oceans absorb and redistribute heat—a major influence on long-term climate.

Since its original release, Google Research has been developing NeuralGCM for nearer-term forecasts over weeks to months, such as how warm or wet an upcoming summer might be. Ai2’s focus will be climate trends over years to decades, including how rainfall and water availability could change through mid-century in regions such as the southwestern United States.

Our ambition is to put these tools within reach of more scientists and help communities make better-informed decisions about water planning and climate adaptation.

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