University of Manchester Uses NVIDIA Earth-2 to Forecast Air Pollution Across the UK
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Researchers at the University of Manchester are using NVIDIA Earth-2, an AI model originally developed for weather forecasting, to predict air pollution across the United Kingdom.
Air pollution causes approximately 30,000 deaths annually in the UK, but traditional chemistry-based models are too slow and expensive for detailed forecasts. The team trained the Earth-2 CorrDiff model on Isambard-AI, the UK's national AI supercomputer, in just two days using a year's worth of air pollution data. The model can now run on a smaller desktop computer (DGX Spark) and be used to create future scenarios, alert healthcare providers about high pollution levels, or respond to events like wildfires.
Air pollution is a serious public health risk, contributing to an estimated 30,000 deaths in the U.K. alone last year.
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