 Hi, I'm Mike Murphy, and welcome to this short, The News Roundup from IBM Research. Well, this week kicks off the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28. And in honor of the event, we thought we'd dedicate this week's short to the latest innovations in climate and sustainability. First up, IBM and NASA are partnering up on an AI climate model. Foundation models have become experts at writing code, holding conversations, and translating languages. And next could be predicting the weather. IBM and NASA announced this week that they're working on a model for faster, more accurate, and more accessible climate applications. It's going to be trained on data from satellites, weather stations, and even weather balloons. It'll help determine where catastrophic weather events happen faster. And anything that means that I can leave my umbrella at home sounds like a wind to me. Next, we're analyzing heat islands in the UAE. IBM and the Mohammed bin Zayed University of AI announced that they're partnering to use foundation models to figure out where urban heat islands are. These are areas that are considerably hotter than those around them. The group will be using the fine-tuned version of the geospatial model that NASA and IBM built earlier this year to understand the urban environment in Abu Dhabi and how its landscape impacts how heat islands are formed. The hope is to lower temperatures in these areas and stave off the crushing heat waves. And finally, IBM's geospatial model is coming to the UK. Over the last few years, IBM has been working with the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council to research cutting-edge uses for AI. And now, with the help of the Engineering Consultancy Royal Hasconic DHV, they're going to be using IBM's geospatial models to assess the impact of climate change on the aviation industry in the UK. Now, there are also plans to use the model to figure out where it would be best to plant trees to prevent against floods. So in the future, you could look down on all those new trees as you fly safely from London to Liverpool. Lovely! For more of the latest innovations from IBM, make sure you subscribe to our newsletter, Future Forward. Till next time!