Title:
Big data reveals we're running out of time to save environment and ourselves
By:
University of Melbourne
Published:
Phys.org, 24 April 2020
From the article:
"Lead author Dr. Rebecca Runting from the University of Melbourne's School of Geography says that while we currently have an unprecedented ability to generate, store, access and analyse data about the environment, these technological advances will not help the world unless they lead to action."
To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-big-reveals-environment.html
To read the scholarly article:
Runting, R.K., Phinn, S., Xie, Z. et al. Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability. Nat Commun 11, 2003 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15870-0