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Environment Indonesia143 Million Bucks to Protect Indonesia’s Rain Forest and Fight Climate Change
Indonesia is setting up a new green fund to protect its rainforests, create a carbon trading program and tackle climate issues, as part of its Paris Agreement plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 29 percent by 2030.
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Society
SocietyTree Lovers Want to Buy Land to Save Thousand Year Old Giant Sequoias
Save the Redwoods League is seeking the public’s help to finalize its purchase of Alder Creek – the world’s largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia forest – in California, United States, to protect and preserve the remarkable grove.
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Technology
TechnologyFirefighters Now Safer in Flames as Coders Win Competition
A team of IT volunteers in Barcelona, Spain developed an armband device aimed at protecting firefighters, with sensors that monitor real-time temperature, smoke concentration and humidity, sending alerts to fire command centers to pull firefighters out of dangerous situations.
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EnvironmentScientists Fight Wild Fires from Space with Remarkable Success
While news are full with terrible fires in the Amazon and California, researchers have just announced surprising facts: the amount of land burned has been decreasing annually with a staggering drop of 25 percent between 2003 and 2019. One reason: Space technology.
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Technology
TechnologyAlgorithm Helps Fight Wildfires Before They Even Spread
Another example of how artificial intelligence can make the world better: Researchers have revealed a new technique based on a machine learning algorithm. It calculates how big wildfires may get upon ignition, helping save lives, protect property, and preserve nature.
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