A New Way to Restore Earth's Biodiversity - From the Air
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Provided by: TED|Published on: June 13, 2022
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Synopsis
- In this video, environmentalist Susan Graham shares how drones and AI technology are helping to accelerate and scale-up land and ecosystem restoration projects around the world.
- She describes how these technologies are being used in Australia to help recreate forests and ecosystems that were destroyed by coal mining, agriculture, invasive species, and bush fires.
Subjects: Biology, Computer Science
Authors: Susan Graham
Region: Global, Oceania
Languages: English
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Positives
- The video is short but packed with great information about the role of technology in solving the climate crisis.
Additional Prerequisites
- The video uses the metric unit of hectares, which may be unfamiliar to some students especially those from the U.S.
- Students should be comfortable with the terms ecology, ecosystem, imported species, and endemic species.
- It is assumed students know what AI technology is and how it can be used.
Differentiation
- This video can be used in earth science classes when learning about climate change solutions. Students can explore other solutions to climate change using this table.
- Biology classes can incorporate this video when learning about habitat restoration, invasive species control, or innovative technologies in ecology.
- Students can learn about other uses of AI in the fight against climate change in this video about calculating carbon emissions and this interactive lesson about ocean clean-up.
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