The story so far: On December 4, Google DeepMind unveiled GenCast, an artificial intelligence model the company said could forecast the weather better than most existing tools as well as more days in advance. According to the Nature paper, GenCast had “greater skill than ENS on 97.2% of 1,320 targets we evaluated and better predicts extreme weather, tropical cyclone tracks …
Changing patterns and intensity of precipitation require greater emphasis on agility, resilience and flexibility in water management, says Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor, Shiv Nadar University, and chairman, of the 11-member drafting committee of the country’s new water policy. The two major recommendations are one: Shift focus from endlessly increasing supply of water towards measures for demand-management. Two: Shift in focus …
