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A foundation model for the Earth system

Nature · 2025.05.21CAS Tier 1 · Top (2025)

Paper authors：Cristian Bodnar · Wessel P. Bruinsma · Ana Lucic · Megan Stanley · Anna Allen · Johannes Brandstetter · Patrick Garvan · Maik Riechert · Jonathan A. Weyn · Haiyu Dong · Jayesh K. Gupta · Kit Thambiratnam · Alexander T. Archibald · Chun-Chieh Wu · Elizabeth Heider · Max Welling · Richard E. Turner · Paris Perdikaris

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09005-y

Earth systems Weather & climate Ocean science

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AI summaryPretrains on diverse geophysical data and adapts to forecasting weather, ocean waves, air quality and tropical cyclone tracks, exploring a foundation model for multiple Earth-system tasks.

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