climate change big data ai

Climate deniers aside, there are very few people who are not concerned about the effects of climate change. According to a poll released by Monmouth University in January, nearly 70% of respondents said "the world's climate is undergoing a change leading to more extreme weather patterns and sea level rise",[1] and a more recent poll from Gallup reported 64% of "Americans are worried a great deal and/or a fair deal about global warming" [2]. What many people are unaware of is the fact climate scientists and business leaders are increasingly turning to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to combat climate change. In many ways, this is inevitable as the sheer amount of data required to measure the effects of climate change requires the use of next-generation analytics. For example, the large data sets used to analyze climate are often prone to generating false positives and our understanding of climate change is still in its nascent stages.