Yann LeCun#4
Earlier today, New York University announced the creation of its new Earth Systems Institute—a multidisciplinary hub that will deploy AI and computational tools to better predict environmental changes and to advance means to better prepare and respond to these global phenomena.
Users welcomed NYU's launch of an Earth Systems Institute to predict environmental changes with AI, calling the initiative a good direction despite the challenge of reframing climate issues as an optimization problem.
Courant Professor Laure Zanna will lead the new center alongside Miguel Modestino, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at @nyutandon, and Sonali Shukla McDermid, Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies.
The NYU Earth Systems Institute will incorporate a vast array of expertise across the university to explore, understand, and address the impacts of an evolving climate. You can read more on NYU News: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/june/nyu-launches-earth-systems-institute.html?challenge=d06e90d7-4d8f-4b88-9d8c-10b73beb60f1
@NYU_Courant @ylecun @nyuniversity @nyutandon @JamesDevittNYU Good direction.
The hard part is turning climate from a forecasting problem into an operations layer: heat, floods, water, crops, grids, insurance.
A planet-scale dashboard only matters if institutions can actually act on it.
Yann LeCun#4Earlier today, New York University announced the creation of its new Earth Systems Institute—a multidisciplinary hub that will deploy AI and computational tools to better predict environmental changes and to advance means to better prepare and respond to these global phenomena.