A new project led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will use artificial intelligence (AI) to help predict how rising seas and stronger storms could threaten coastal freshwater supplies and ecosystems.
A new project led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will use artificial intelligence (AI) to help predict how rising seas and stronger storms could threaten coastal freshwater supplies and ecosystems.
Associate Professor Jonghyun “Harry” Lee of the UH Mānoa Water Resources Research Center and Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation under its Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences program. UH Mānoa will serve as the lead institution on a three-year, nearly $1 million collaborative project, alongside the University of Texas at Austin, to advance AI applications in geoscience.
Rising seas, stronger storms, saltwater contamination of freshwater resources and coastal ecosystem degradation pose increasing threats to coastal communities. These environmental pressures impact drinking water supplies, agriculture, infrastructure, local economies and daily life for millions of people.
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