projects

Detecting and mapping small dams and reservoirs

SOLUTION

Natural Capital Project at Stanford

USA

Gretchen Daily, cofounder and faculty director of the Natural Capital Project at Stanford, will develop a way of detecting dams and reservoirs around the world to measure their impact.

projects

Detecting land cover changes in Uganda

SOLUTION

Ouganda

Ketty Adoch, geographical information systems specialist from Uganda, is working on a project that will detect, quantify, and monitor changes in land cover in the area surrounding Lake Albert and Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest and oldest national park.

projects

Fire-detecting tool

SOLUTION

Descartes Labs

USA

The Fire-detecting tool from Descartes Labs samples images from government weather satellites every two minutes, comparing the images for differences. If there is any difference in the thermal signals in a region, it could potentially indicate the presence of a wildfire.

projects

Gaining a better understanding of Earth’s melting glaciers

SOLUTION

UK

Joseph Cook, polar scientist from the United Kingdom, hopes to develop tools that use AI and drone and satellite technology to explore the changing cryosphere.

projects

50 Reefs

SOLUTION

The Ocean Agency

USA

50 Reefs, an initiative run by The Ocean Agency, combines advanced imaging technology with AI to gather and analyze images of shallow-water reefs at scale, and within seconds.

projects

AI for good program

SOLUTION

Gramener AI Labs

USA

At Gramener, we take pride in our work on ‘AI for Social Good.’ We work with state-of-the-art techniques in areas such as computer vision, geo satellite analytics, natural language processing and data storytelling. We apply these techniques to solve problems in environmental conservation, to protect biodiversity and to tackle humanitarian challenges.

projects

AI in the service of climate

FUNDING

Vinnova

Sweden

The offer is aimed at those who want to carry out the project that, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), contributes to Sweden having no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045 or to adapt society to the climate changes we cannot prevent. The call for proposal is a joint effort by Vinnova and Formas.

projects

Capturing and sharing data on lion populations

SOLUTION

Wildlife Guardians

USA

Stephanie Dolrenry, director of Wildlife Guardians, will help support the Lion Identification Network of Collaborators, an AI-assisted database for lion identification and interorganizational research.

programs

Omdena Incubator

Omdena

FUNDING

A leader in collaborative AI development, Omdena believes that truly great startups should build solutions that positively change the world by uplifting the vulnerable, improving health, and protecting the environment. This means building products that maximize positive impact rather than shareholder profit. To make this vision a reality, Omdena has launched a first-of-its-kind incubator program, where 50 impact startups will get support to build and launch their AI solutions in 2021.

programs

Applied Sciences Program

NASA

FUNDING

We help partners use NASA's unique view from space to address real-world issues. The Applied Sciences Program works with individuals and institutions worldwide to inform decision-making, enhance quality of life and strengthen our economy. We build meaningful partnerships with government, industry and nonprofits to power innovative projects that use data from NASA’s Earth-observing satellites to make life better right here at home...