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A Foundation Model for the Earth System
Bodnar, Cristian; Bruinsma, Wessel P.; Lucic, Ana; Stanley, Megan; Allen, Anna; Brandstetter, Johannes; Garvan, Patrick; Riechert, Maik; Weyn, Jonathan A.; Dong, Haiyu; Gupta, Jayesh K.; Thambiratnam, Kit; Archibald, Alexander T.; Wu, Chun-Chieh; Heider, Elizabeth; Welling, Max; Turner, Richard E.; Perdikaris, Paris · 2025-05-21
Aurora is a large-scale AI foundation model that significantly outperforms traditional forecasting systems across multiple Earth system domains, like air quality and cyclone tracking, while using far less computational power, marking a major advancement in accessible, efficient environmental prediction.
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Bodnar, Cristian; Bruinsma, Wessel P.; Lucic, Ana; Stanley, Megan; Allen, Anna; Brandstetter, Johannes; Garvan, Patrick; Riechert, Maik; Weyn, Jonathan A.; Dong, Haiyu; Gupta, Jayesh K.; Thambiratnam, Kit; Archibald, Alexander T.; Wu, Chun-Chieh; Heider, Elizabeth; Welling, Max; Turner, Richard E.; Perdikaris, Paris. 2025-05-21. A Foundation Model for the Earth System. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09005-y (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record paper-281; collection snapshot 2026-09-15).
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