weather forecasting

Google maps all 9 billion human genetic variants in new open AI atlas

Google Alphabet Inc. on Monday unveiled a sweeping set of AI tools aimed at accelerating scientific research and expanding global access to information, headlined by AlphaGenome Atlas — an open dataset mapping all 9 billion possible single-letter genetic changes across…

NOAA says 2026-27 El Niño could be strongest on record

Federal forecasters are sounding the alarm over a developing El Niño that could become the strongest on record, with far-reaching consequences for winter weather across North America and beyond.

Australia warns El Niño could become strongest in 70 years

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has warned that an El Niño weather pattern developing in the tropical Pacific may strengthen into one of the most intense occurrences in the past seven decades, with approximately half of climate models indicating it could…