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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- AI tools change weather and climate forecasts now.
- This new work happened in India this summer.
- 38 million farmers received AI-based weather forecasts.
- Forecasts came four weeks before the monsoon started.
- The model used is called NeuralGCM.
- NeuralGCM mixes physics models with machine learning.
- Researchers said the model predicted a three-week pause.
- The pause happened after the monsoon made landfall.
- Forecasts ran on a laptop, not supercomputers.
- The forecasts helped farmers decide when to plant.
Difficult words
- predict — to say what will happen next
- benefit — to gain something helpful or good
- farmer — a person who grows food plantsfarmers
- forecasting — to tell what the weather will be
- crops — plants grown for food
- future — time after now
- decide — to choose something after thinking
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Discussion questions
- How do you think AI can help in farming?
- What is the importance of weather forecasting?
- Can you name other ways technology helps farmers?
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