MIT engineers devise algorithm to identify warning signs of extreme weather events

Extreme events - like a rogue wave or sudden extinction of an animal species - often seem to strike without any hint beforehand. So two Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers came up with a framework, a computer algorithm, to spot patterns that occur before such an event. Their method may help anticipate hotspots of instability, so we could try to avoid extreme events. Related:

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