Artificial Intelligence Can Help Fight Climate Change

Every part of our daily lives can play a role in causing it, from electricity, to transportation, the homes we live in, the food we eat, even the healthcare services we rely on. And all of those aspects of our lives are also affected by climate change. Much of what we know about the impacts of climate change comes from sophisticated computer models. Now, a group of computer scientists is calling on their colleagues to put advanced computing and artificial intelligence to work to solve the climate problem. "I can help pinpoint where deforestation is happening using satellite imagery or aerial imagery," said David Rolnick, lead author of a new study outlining how artificial intelligence could help with climate change.