A new coral reef conservation tool has been developed by University of Hawai‘i at Manoa researchers using cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology. By developing novel deep learning algorithms, coral ecologists in the UH Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) are now able to identify and measure reef halos from space. The study was published recently in Remote Sensing of Environment.
Amazing! It’s refreshing to see cutting edge technology used in applications that actually make sense and help humanity and the planet.
Agreed! AI and other emerging tech has a lot of potential to do so much good - it just takes the right application.