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How Big Data Can Help Save The Earth
The earth is having a difficult time, for quite a while now. Climate change is causing it to rapidly heat up in many different places around the globe. July was the hottest month across the globe ever measured, and 2019 is on track to be one of the warmest years, according to data released last by the European Union’s Earth observation network.
Deforestation is still happening at a large scale across the globe, in Brazil alone, 40,200 hectares were deforested in the past year. The great pacific garbage patch is still growing and smog in Beijing is more common than a normal bright day. This is nothing new, unfortunately, and with Trump leaving the Paris agreement, it seems that problems will remain for a bit longer. However, there is some good news. Since a few years, scientists, companies and governments are turning to Big Data to solve climate change problems or even prevent such problems from happening. It turns out that Big Data can help save the earth and if done correctly, it could lead to significant results in the coming years. Let’s have a look at some fascinating use cases of how Big Data can contribute:
Monitoring Biodiversity Across the Globe
Conservation International, a non-profit environmental organization with a mission to protect nature and its biodiversity, crunches vast amounts of data…
