Artificial intelligence could change the way cities prepare for major disasters. Amy McGovern, who runs the Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography tells us how and when this breakthrough might occur:

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According to Dr. Amy McGovern, the U.S. can't get to the next breakthrough in AI weather modeling without federal data. The @NWS conducts an estimated six billion weather observations each day. Their work has fallen behind this year due to recent cuts:

Digital twins and artificial intelligence agents are helping cities manage, process, and visualize infrastructure data to support decision-making. Here, we have an example from Houston, where city staff are a building digital twin of its water system:

Cities like Phoenix are using digital twin models to improve stakeholder engagement and transparency in how the community may develop over time. The tool can visualize many different development-related insights such as zoning ordinances or air quality:

Planning for adaptation to sea level rise in coastal communities like Jacksonville, FL has been notoriously challenging. @UF professor of architecture Jeff Carney and others built a digital twin twin of the city, to support decision-making and modeling:

The Trump administration wants to turn most of @fema's responsibilities over to the states. Samantha Montano and other disaster experts warn this is potentially dangerous and unfeasible for many communities. especially for those in the 10X geography:

In the latest podcast, we explore implications of Jay Famiglietti's team's findings of excessive groundwater use in the Colorado River basin over the last 20 years, as a critical negotiation deadline nears for the seven basin states, 30 Tribes and Mexico:

We discuss what a recent discovery of rapid groundwater depletion in the Colorado River basin means for already water-stressed farms in the Southwest in our latest podcast with hydrologist Jay Famiglietti:

Discover what else is covered in the Marketplace Dozen dashboard:

Using data from the Marketplace Dozen dashboard which tracks employment trends across several sectors, Ten Across/@APMResearch data journalism fellow Maya Chari dissects why tourism jobs are up in some 10X cities and down in others:

Rapidly declining air quality in California’s Inland Empire is a clear example of the impact of ignoring the relationship between community needs and policymaking. Andrea Vidaurre and @PC4EJ are working to change that:

Artificial intelligence technologies are already reshaping many sections of our economy and society. Meanwhile, 12.7 million US households still lack broadband internet. What are we doing to avoid a digital divide in the Ten Across geography and beyond?:

🎧 Tune in to our 100th podcast episode featuring @ASU President @michaelcrow. Hear how ASU’s #NewAmericanUniversity model is reshaping higher ed, and why the desert Southwest was the perfect testbed: #TenAcrossConversations #HigherEd #Leadership #ASU

Have you listened to our podcasts on insurance coverage changes in the riskiest parts of the Ten Across geography and wondered how it may be impacting you? Learn more in our latest episode with disaster insurance expert Carolyn Kousky:

In recent years, we've observed considerable changes in insurance availability and quality in the Ten Across geography as a result of escalating risk and extreme weather. Insurance for Good founder Carolyn Kousky joins us to explore potential solutions:

We are using more Colorado River water than nature can supply, and climate change is worsening the deficit. The federal government supported users’ conservation and transition to new resources, but the program now faces an uncertain future. Hear more:

Excess snowpack from 2023 has dried up—as has federal water conservation funding. How are these factors impacting already tense negotiations for a revised Colorado River Compact, due next fall? Hear new insight from Anne Castle and John Fleck:

The U.S. is already gripped with immense housing challenges. A climate-driven insurance crisis could make it worse. This year, the Ten Across Conversations podcast will feature a variety of perspectives on what we can do. Hear from @CA_DaveJones first:

More than a year after his first Ten Across appearance, @CA_DaveJones returns with thoughts on California's insurance conditions as disaster costs rise and the state insurance commissioner hopes to entice insurers back into the market with new regulations: