The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Sustainability

Artificial intelligence is a new development in the technology world that is certain to transform society as a whole. Even more than the internet, or smartphones, or even the automobile, AI offers new capabilities that may have an impact on humankind on the scale of fire or electricity. That’s a development that has many sustainability…

The Role of AI in Tackling Climate Change

here’s something cosmic about the intersection of global climate change and the rise of artificial intelligence. Just as humankind teeters on the precipice of environmental destruction, the species steps across the threshold of a tool of unimaginable power that may pull us back from the brink. It’s clear that something new and revolutionary is needed…

VW Partners With Conservation Fund and 3Degrees to Manage and Restore Redwoods

I’m standing on a bridge in the Garcia River Conservation-Based Forest Management Project, a 24,000 acre tract, whose native redwoods have been almost entirely taken out for timber. Speaking to my group is Scott Kelly, Timberlands Manager with the Conservation Fund, who manages the forest. (The Nature Conservancy holds a conservation easement on the property.)…

Cartography: More Than a View From Above

What is Cartography? In North America, students may major in Cartography but also approach the subject from geography and surveying. In Europe, cartographers tend to enter into a mapping career through earth sciences (which includes geography and geology), geophysics, land surveying, civil engineering and even graphic design. Master’s Degrees are typically required these days, especially…

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