University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) geologists announced last week they are using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict where and why landslides may occur, bolstering efforts to save lives and property in disaster-prone areas.
Researchers say the new method, which was detailed in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, requires “far less” computing power than traditional AI and is more accurate than traditional landslide prediction methods.
The approach would be valuable to places like California, researchers say, where drought, wildfires, and earthquakes increase potential landslide disaster zones and where such conditions are expected to worsen amid stronger and wetter storms this past year….