Experts in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence recently gathered at the National Academies to examine AI security, how existing cybersecurity tools and practices can be adapted, and emerging risks in high-impact applications such as scientific research, drug discovery, and financial services. Speakers from various organizations including Microsoft, Meta, Qualcomm, and Security Superintelligence Labs explored priorities as the use of AI-enabled systems increases.

While data collected by modern instruments can provide information on decades of Earth’s extreme events, paleoenvironmental data found in natural archives such as ice cores and tree rings can extend that record by hundreds, thousands, or millions of years into the past. Drawing on a new National Academies report, this interactive webpage offers an introduction to different paleoenvironmental archives and how they are being used to develop a deeper understanding of disasters in the past and plan for a more resilient future.