According to World Health Organization4,000 million people live in areas that are highly vulnerable climate changeGiven the power Artificial Intelligence (AI) to process large amounts of data and help people make decisions is changing industries.
According to the data that was presented, it was revealed that climate change is causing around 250,000 additional deaths between 2030 and 2050 mainly due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress.
In view of this, nine ways in which IA It is already helping to tackle climate change.
1. Glaciers hide: AI knows where and at what speed
The Artificial Intelligence has been trained to detect changes in glaciers at a rate approximately 10,000 times faster than human ability.
The advance will help scientists understand how much melting glacier water is being released into the ocean, a phenomenon that is intensifying as climate change increases atmospheric temperatures.
According to the European Space Agency, scientists from University of Leeds (United Kingdom) claim that their artificial intelligence can map large Antarctic glaciers in satellite images in just a hundredth of a second.
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2. Mapping deforestation with AI
Artificial intelligence, satellite imagery and ecological understanding are also being used to map the impact of deforestation on the climate crisis.
Space Intelligence, an Edinburgh-based company (Scotland), says it operates in more than 30 countries and has mapped more than one million hectares of land from space using satellite data.
3. Helping communities threatened by climate risks in Africa
In Africa, this technology is used in the so-called United Nations to help communities threatened by climate change in Burundi, Chad and Sudan.
The IKI project uses artificial intelligence technology to forecast weather, enabling communities and authorities to plan more effectively to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
4. Using AI to recycle more waste
Another artificial intelligence system helps in the fight against them climate change by improving the efficiency of waste management.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency USAWaste is a major source of methane and accounts for 16% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Greyparrot, a London-based software startup (United Kingdom), created an artificial intelligence system that analyzes waste processing and recycling facilities to help them improve the recovery and recycling of discarded materials.
5. AI is cleaning the ocean
In the Netherlands, an environmental organization known as Cleaning the oceans is using this tool and other technologies to eliminate plastic pollution in the oceans.
Artificial intelligence systems that detect objects work with the organization to create detailed maps of ocean debris in remote areas. This oceanic debris can then be collected and removed, which is more efficient than traditional cleanup methods that involve the use of trawls and aircraft.
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6. AI helps predict climate disasters
In São Paulo (Brazil), the company The highest uses this technology to predict the location and timing of weather disasters, as well as the type of disaster that might occur.
The purpose is to help businesses and governments prepare more effectively for climate change and the growing challenges facing communities.
7. AI climate tools wish list
Google DeepMind, Lab research in the field machine learning Googleclaims to use AI to address climate change in a variety of areas.
Google DeepMind is working to develop an exhaustive list of datasets that would facilitate the development of global AI solutions to climate change. This joint effort is in partnership with Climate Change AI, a non-profit organization made up of volunteers from academia and industry who recognize the critical role of machine learning in the fight against climate change.
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8. How artificial intelligence can help industry decarbonize
Artificial intelligence is being used to help companies in the metals, mining, oil and gas industries decarbonize their operations.
Eugenie.ai is based in California, United States of America)has developed an emissions monitoring platform that combines satellite imagery with machine and process data.
9. Reforestation of hills in Brazil by drones
Computers equipped with artificial intelligence are teaming up with drones in Brazil to reforest the hills surrounding the coastal city of Rio de Janeiro, writes Reuters. The computers define the targets and the number of seeds that must be launched.
An initiative that has been launched in January 2024, It is an alliance between the Rio City Council and the start-up Morfo, which aims to grow seeds in areas that are difficult to reach.
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