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Science Magazine Podcast

AI improves weather prediction, and cutting emissions from landfills

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News Commentary, News, Science

4.2791 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

What it means that artificial intelligence can now forecast the weather like a supercomputer, and measuring methane emissions from municipal waste   First up on this week’s show, Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how artificial intelligence has become shockingly good at forecasting the weather while using way fewer resources than other modeling systems. Read a related Science paper.   Next, focusing on municipal solid waste—landfills, compost centers, garbage dumps—may offer a potentially straightforward path to lower carbon emissions. Zheng Xuan Hoy, a recent graduate from the new energy science and engineering department at Xiamen University Malaysia, discusses his Science paper on this overlooked source of methane and some plausible solutions for reducing these emissions.   This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Paul Voosen   Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm9783 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,

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offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Bacclureate, Masters, and Doctoral

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Levels, is furthering their mission of growing the future leading the world.

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Morgan continues to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment.

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With a four-year quadrupling

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of research, more than a dozen new doctoral programs, and eight new National Centers of Excellence,

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Morgan is positioned to achieve Carnegie R1 designation in the next five years. To learn more about

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Morgan and their ascension to R1, visit morgan.edu slash research.

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This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, one of America's leading research medical schools.

0:48.0

Icon Mount Sinai is the academic arm of the eight hospital Mount Sinai health system in New York City.

0:55.9

It's consistently among the top recipients of NIH funding. Researchers at ICONMount Sinai have made breakthrough discoveries in many

1:02.1

fields vital to advancing the health of patients, including cancer, COVID and long COVID,

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cardiology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

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The Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we find a way.

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This is a science podcast for November 17th, 2023. I'm Sarah Crespi.

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First up this week, have you been talking to Alexa about the weather lately? Staff writer Paul Voussin joins us to discuss how artificial

1:35.8

intelligence is suddenly and shockingly good at forecasting the weather, using way fewer

1:41.9

resources than other modeling systems. Next, we're focusing on municipal solid waste, things like landfills, composting centers, garbage dumps,

1:51.0

and how these sites may offer a more straightforward path to lower carbon emissions.

1:56.0

Researchers Zeng Shwen Hoy discusses his science paper on this overlooked source of methane and some plausible

2:02.4

solutions for reducing these emissions.

2:09.5

I used to live in a large metropolitan area, and one of the big city perks that I enjoyed the

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