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In The News·Apr 21, 2026

Eight University Teams To Vie For Laude Institute’s $10 Million AI Moonshots

via Forbes
The University of Chicago's Human-Centered Weather Forecasts initiative is receiving a $250,000 seed grant to present a fully developed proposal later this year.
News·Apr 13, 2026

Madyson Miller joins Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative as a Technical Assistant for AI for Weather

Miller will support scientists and manage international projects at the intersection of AI, weather, climate and health, with a specific focus on low- and middle-income countries.
News·Mar 30, 2026

University of Chicago and Ethiopia Collaborate to Scale AI-based Weather Forecasts for Farmers

The Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative’s collaboration with the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute will establish an Africa-focused framework for AI-powered weather forecasting and build the local capacity needed to provide farmers with timely and actionable information.
In The News·Mar 4, 2026

AI is reshaping how meteorologists forecast the weather

via Fox 23 Chicago
Chief Meteorologist Emily Wahls explains how AI could change the way we forecast the weather.
News·Feb 23, 2026

Welcoming Katie Kowal as Director for AI for Weather

Kowal—who previously served as a scientist at NOAA—will oversee large-scale projects and research that drives AI advances in weather forecasting, while expanding AI weather models as a tool for global decision-makers.
In The News·Jan 8, 2026

AI-driven weather forecasts for climate adaptation in India

via Nature
Advanced monsoon onset prediction with multi-week lead time via an artificial intelligence (AI) weather model helps smallholder farmers adapt to a changing climate.
In The News·Nov 21, 2025

Documentary explores sci-fi world of geoengineering

via E&E News
“Plan C for Civilization” takes stock of the amateurs and experts who see promise in using technology to cool the Earth.
News·Nov 11, 2025

UChicago Scholars to Provide Technical Support in Global Effort to Deliver Farmers with Key Information to Manage Climate Risk

HCWF partners with AIM for Scale in their effort to expand digital advisory services to reach 100 million farmers by 2030.
In The News·Oct 22, 2025

AI models ace their predictions of India’s monsoon rains

via The Economist
The Economist dives into HCWF's India monsoon forecasting initiative.
In The News·Oct 13, 2025

A WhatsApp message that saves crops: Bologna’s supercomputer revolutionizes open weather data

via Corriere Della Sera
The ECMWF data center combines physical and AI-based models for increasingly personalized and democratic forecasts. Indian farmers are warned of monsoon weather with a WhatsApp message.