# University of Manchester Uses NVIDIA Earth-2 to Forecast Air Pollution Across the UK

DevFeed: [University of Manchester Uses NVIDIA Earth-2 to Forecast Air Pollution Across the UK](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/university-of-manchester-uses-nvidia-earth-2-to-forecast-air-pollution-across-the-uk-30917.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/uk-air-pollution-research-earth-2/>)

Author: Isha Salian

Published: 2026-09-16T05:00:42Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [NVIDIA Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nvidia-blog.md>)

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## AI overview

The University of Manchester is working with NVIDIA to use Earth-2 generative AI models to forecast air pollution across the U.K. The team trained Earth-2 CorrDiff on chemistry-climate simulation data using Isambard-AI, added StormCast for time-dependent forecasts using air-quality observations, and demonstrated workflows on DGX Spark.

## Source excerpt

Air pollution is a serious public health risk, contributing to an estimated 30,000 deaths in the U.K. alone last year. Data-driven insights can help -- but computing air quality with traditional chemistry-based models is expensive, which limits how detailed they can be and how regularly they can be run. David Topping, a professor in the [...]