A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, ...

With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. For many of us, it’s been a mixed bag. We rejoice when our Spotify For You playlist ...

In a new study led by the University of Washington, researchers have demonstrated artificial intelligence's ability to improve lightning forecasts. Lightning strikes led to the devastating California ...

A recent study, “Picking Winners in Factorland: A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Factor Returns,” set out to answer a critical question: Can machine learning techniques improve the prediction ...

Miguel Jimenez receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our ...

Artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can be used to better forecast models for natural disasters, saving lives and protecting property by rapidly analyzing massive data sets and identifying ...

Throughout the middle of the 20th century, phosphorus inputs from detergents and fertilizers degraded the water quality of Switzerland’s Lake Geneva, spurring officials to take action to remediate ...

The varied topography of the Western United States—a patchwork of valleys and mountains, basins and plateaus—results in minutely localized weather. Accordingly, snowfall forecasts for the mountain ...

Singapore — Volatility and global resin prices are a fact of life. From a historical perspective, volatility is baked into pricing, fueled by various factors centered on feedstock and upstream ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting from Europe, Jeff McMahon covers the environment. Wind farms have traditionally made less money for the electricity they ...