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The case for technology investments in the environment

Create an artificial-intelligence platform for the planet, urges Lucas N. Joppa.
  1. Lucas N. Joppa

    1. Lucas N. Joppa is chief environment scientist at Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, USA.

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Earlier this year, I became Microsoft’s first chief environment scientist. I’ve been tasked with deploying the company’s deep investments in artificial intelligence (AI) research and technology to help people around the world monitor, model and ultimately manage Earth’s natural systems.

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Nature 552, 325-328 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-08675-7

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