Flooding caused by a tsunami that hit the coast of Sri Lanka in 2004 DigitalGlobe via Getty Images
A better early warning system for tsunamis could become a reality with the help of artificial intelligence. Researchers have shown how widely available AI technology can detect the subtle disturbances in the atmosphere caused when a tsunami’s destructive waves begin to form far from the shore – a demonstration that could help provide earlier warnings for coastal communities long before the tsunami reaches them.
“There is no global network for detecting tsunami waves, and installing physical hardware, like buoy-based systems, is expensive,”…
