# AI and Climate Change

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## [C2\_W2\_LAB\_1 error](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/c2-w2-lab-1-error/888877)

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**Author:** [@tizianoct2000](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/tizianoct2000)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/c2-w2-lab-1-error/888877 "2026-02-17T06:08:31Z")

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At the end of notebook,when time series came in, lines 15 and 16, some errors happen and no temperature fixing is possible: /home/jovyan/work/ungraded\_lab\_1/utils.py:330: SettingWithCopyWarning: A value is trying to be…

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## [W4 - Model selected for Fine Tunning](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/w4-model-selected-for-fine-tunning/791658)

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**Author:** [@Ferbernanda](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Ferbernanda)\
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**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/w4-model-selected-for-fine-tunning/791658 "2025-03-26T18:49:10Z")

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Hi, I just finished W4 of the course and was wondering why didn’t we fine-tune the megadetector to the Karoo dataset, if it already identifies animals, instead of adding a new model NASNet to the detection pipeline?

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## [Lab Session run error message](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/lab-session-run-error-message/505262)

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**Author:** [@Maria\_McGeorge](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Maria_McGeorge)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/lab-session-run-error-message/505262 "2023-11-28T08:50:24Z")

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Anyone else have error message at cell 4 in the first lab of week 1 of Climate Change?

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## [I want to understand the base model in detail discussed in week 4 of this course](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/i-want-to-understand-the-base-model-in-detail-discussed-in-week-4-of-this-course/470909)

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**Author:** [@Deepti\_Prasad](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Deepti_Prasad)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/i-want-to-understand-the-base-model-in-detail-discussed-in-week-4-of-this-course/470909 "2023-10-17T14:00:32Z")

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I noticed Robert mentioning the base model in the design phase, can anyone discuss this model in detail about how this model architecture was planned or designed. I can see the nose has a convolution layer with differen…

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## [Wind farm data from Pittsburgh PA, or Pittsburg, CA?](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/wind-farm-data-from-pittsburgh-pa-or-pittsburg-ca/470209)

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**Author:** [@rgaston](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/rgaston)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/wind-farm-data-from-pittsburgh-pa-or-pittsburg-ca/470209 "2023-10-16T23:56:26Z")

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In the “Wind Power - Include Wind Speed Forecasts” video in Week 2, Robert states at 3:41 that one of the locations of the wind farm data used in the lab is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And I see that there is indeed a wind…

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## [Unable to load weather forecasts from Open weather when replicating the lab on GCP](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/unable-to-load-weather-forecasts-from-open-weather-when-replicating-the-lab-on-gcp/438687)

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**Author:** [@vkbalasub](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/vkbalasub)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/unable-to-load-weather-forecasts-from-open-weather-when-replicating-the-lab-on-gcp/438687 "2023-09-12T14:09:10Z")

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I get a file not found error when trying to load weather forecasts from the open weather API. Is there a restriction on using it on GCP? I can use some guidance. My file does exist in the URI shown below as part of the …

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## [W4 Lab 2 Design Phase 2 Step 4 label2cat](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/w4-lab-2-design-phase-2-step-4-label2cat/414172)

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**Author:** [@ybakos](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/ybakos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/w4-lab-2-design-phase-2-step-4-label2cat/414172 "2023-08-14T11:41:50Z")

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When executing the code cell that invokes label2cat, the cell takes a long time to finish. Is this correct? Perhaps a prose statement can be made here to set the expectation, similar to how it has been done in other labs…

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## [Week 2 Notebook fails with Pandas 2.0.3](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-2-notebook-fails-with-pandas-2-0-3/415862)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Norris](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Ed_Norris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-2-notebook-fails-with-pandas-2-0-3/415862 "2023-08-13T16:40:47Z")

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I’m running these notebooks locally to get some reps in with Jupyter Notebook and the python environment, and I noticed that step 5 (“Select a subset of turbines”) failed in my local environment which is running pandas 2…

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## [Cannot access mega detector labs](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/cannot-access-mega-detector-labs/412326)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Cossich](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Ricardo_Cossich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/cannot-access-mega-detector-labs/412326 "2023-08-09T06:04:57Z")

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Week 4 for AI for Climate Change, labs related to Mega Detector cannot be accessed.

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## [Week 3 Lab 1 Errata](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-3-lab-1-errata/408027)

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**Author:** [@ybakos](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/ybakos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-3-lab-1-errata/408027 "2023-08-04T18:13:05Z")

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Section 3.3 has a typo. “Each time you run this cell you’ll see a new set of exammple images.” → example.

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## [Week 2 Quiz Errata](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-2-quiz-errata/405012)

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**Author:** [@ybakos](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/ybakos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-2-quiz-errata/405012 "2023-08-02T06:24:10Z")

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Question 3 ends in a typo “addressing a problem?ds”.

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## [Image cropping and extending](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/image-cropping-and-extending/392494)

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**Author:** [@jlammens](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/jlammens)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/image-cropping-and-extending/392494 "2023-07-31T08:01:20Z")

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The image cropping code extends images if necessary with all zero (black) pixels. Might the classifier using these cropped and extended images work better if extensions used gray rather than black pixels? Gray ought to b…

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## [Errata: Lab: Explore Phase - Distribution of the Wind Power Data](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/errata-lab-explore-phase-distribution-of-the-wind-power-data/399467)

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**Author:** [@ybakos](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/ybakos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/errata-lab-explore-phase-distribution-of-the-wind-power-data/399467 "2023-07-31T06:18:03Z")

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On this page: Learning outcome 6 has some text that runs together, eg “6.1Histograms6.2Box/Violin…”

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## [Week 2 baseline model](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-2-baseline-model/384929)

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**Author:** [@jlammens](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/jlammens)\
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**Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/week-2-baseline-model/384929 "2023-07-29T18:32:51Z")

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The week 2 baseline model (linear) looks rather like a strawman proposal. There surely are better non-neural models to fit this data that are still simple enough to work as a baseline, e.g. a sigmoid function. I’m not ve…

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## [Video 2 (Predicting Solar Energy w/ ML) is Awesome](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/video-2-predicting-solar-energy-w-ml-is-awesome/398010)

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**Author:** [@ybakos](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/ybakos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/video-2-predicting-solar-energy-w-ml-is-awesome/398010 "2023-07-26T19:14:13Z")

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In week 2, the second video featuring Jack Kelly from Open Climate Fix, is excellent. I love the detailed and authentic description of the problem statement of dispatchable generation and the clear description of how AI/…

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## [Reflection and Feedback](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/reflection-and-feedback/397963)

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**Author:** [@ybakos](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/ybakos)\
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**Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/reflection-and-feedback/397963 "2023-07-26T16:21:39Z")

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I’ve just finished week 1. I liked the venn-diagram “framework” of mitigation and adaptation. I feel like much of the existing Week 1 content - showing the data on climate change - could have been distilled into one vide…

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## [Slides available for download?](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/slides-available-for-download/381916)

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**Author:** [@Damieno](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Damieno)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/slides-available-for-download/381916 "2023-07-12T11:05:17Z")

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Are the slides presented in the videos available for download ? Thanks Damien

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## [About the AI and Climate Change category](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/about-the-ai-and-climate-change-category/363864)

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**Author:** [@Community-Team](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Community-Team)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/about-the-ai-and-climate-change-category/363864 "2023-06-26T15:24:05Z")

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AI and Climate Change, you will begin by learning the basics of anthropogenic climate change — why it is happening, its projected impacts, and how it is already driving extreme weather around the globe.
