00:00Plastic choking the oceans, smog polluting the air, and wildlife vanishing.
00:05Feeling the doom? Here's how AI is helping to tackle the environmental crisis.
00:09On some days, it's hard to breathe the air in Shobhapur in northeast India.
00:20Scientists are using a network of some 1,400 air quality sensors.
00:25AI detects pollution patterns in real time by analyzing their results as well as weather and climate data to help
00:32fight air pollution.
00:33The Dutch NGO, The Ocean Cleanup, uses AI to fight plastic pollution.
00:38It analyzes satellite images, drone footage, and sensor data and predicts plastic drift as well as hot spots.
00:44The AI can also guide ships with smart cleanup systems.
00:48In the past six months, we collected more plastic than in the preceding 11 years combined.
00:57Scientists need a lot of data to efficiently protect wildlife.
01:01We don't have enough resources to send so many people out.
01:04We would need at least 20 of me just classifying images.
01:09AI analyzes data from camera traps to identify species, their age, and gender by turning wildlife sightings into actionable data.
01:17AI helps scientists protect endangered animals and manage national parks.
01:22In short, AI can turn data into insights that can help protect the planet.
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