Climate change has led to an increase in extreme weather events, prompting the need for extensive research into Earth's warming.

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NASA is actively involved in climate research, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) as a powerful tool to study environmental challenges.

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In 2023, NASA partnered with IBM Research to develop an AI geospatial foundation model trained on NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data.

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The foundation model, freely accessible to all, serves as a baseline for various AI-powered environmental studies.

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Collaborative efforts have fine-tuned the model for tasks such as detecting burn scars, delineating flood water, and classifying land use categories.

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The partnership between NASA and IBM leverages NASA's data and scientific knowledge with IBM's computing power and AI expertise.

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The team's commitment to open science principles ensures transparency and accessibility of their research.

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NASA and IBM are collaborating to develop a new foundation model for weather and climate studies, using the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) dataset.

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The future may see comprehensive foundation models combining various datasets, potentially leading to a "digital twin" of Earth for advanced analysis and predictions.

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NASA and IBM's geospatial and climate foundation models hold promise for groundbreaking research in Earth science, bolstered by their dedication to open science principles.

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