The world is on fire.. Technology enters the battle
A British airline in Edmonton, UK, has deployed high-tech drones to help firefighters fight massive, out-of-control bushfires in the area.
In the midst of an unprecedented heat wave in the world, and amid severe climatic changes, the fires spread from the lowest land to the highest, and in various continents and countries of the world: from Siberia and Russia to the Arab deserts, from America to China, from Italy, Greece and Turkey to Malaysia, Indonesia and eastern Australia, Through Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Spain, not ending with Albania and India. The world is burning due to the effects of global warming, climate change and the destructive activities of humans.
These fires have led to the
destruction of millions of acres of land around the world, tens of thousands of
forests, hundreds of deaths and injuries, and the displacement of thousands of
people from their homes and homes.
A bleak future for humanity
During the past few days, the
International Panel on Climate Change issued its sixth annual report on global
climate change, and the details provided by the report are serious and bleak.
The report stated that regardless
of the current adaptation and risk mitigation strategies, many of the negative
changes taking place on Earth will continue unabated in all future scenarios,
including changes resulting from greenhouse gas emissions, melting ice at the
poles, sea level rise, and an increase in sea level. Earth's heat is
increasingly and irreversibly.
The importance of investing in
climate technology
The report indicated the great
importance of investing in climate technology, and using modern technologies to
control - or attempt to control - climate change, in particular reducing air
emissions resulting from human activities in the agricultural, food and
transportation sectors, and controlling natural disasters such as floods and
fires that are constantly increasing in various regions. The report emphasized
that natural disasters will intensify as the century goes on.
Commenting on the report, writer
and researcher Danny Crichton said in an article recently published by
Techcrunch.com, “Natural disasters are increasing everywhere in the world, and
last week we witnessed the second largest fire in the history of California,
where Hundreds of thousands of acres burned, and at the same time hundreds of
fires in Greece caused an unprecedented crisis in the history of that country,
as well as in Algeria and other countries, and droughts, floods, hurricanes,
and others are exacerbated to affect the lives of billions of people on every
continent. .
The writer believes that one of the
most important solutions lies in the development of technology research, and
the use of technology to overcome these great challenges facing humanity,
pointing to the need to develop specialized algorithms, and use artificial
intelligence to collect and analyze data to make emergency response faster and
more efficient, as well as to predict upcoming disasters. And move quickly to
avoid it.
He also pointed out the importance
of developing hardware, software and cloud services that help firefighters
fight fires, and this includes the design of precise sensors to identify faults
in electricity and energy networks, which is one of the reasons for the
increase in fires in the world.
Artificial intelligence enters the
fray
In this context, a British airline
in the Edmonton region of the United Kingdom has deployed high-tech drones to
help firefighters fight huge, out-of-control bushfires in the region, as Global
News reported in a report. Recently.
The report stated that these
aircraft use artificial intelligence to collect and analyze basic information
and data about fires in the region, not only to help manage and extinguish the
fires and prevent their spread, but also to keep the firefighters on the front
lines safe.
Pegasus Imagery developed this type
of aircraft to fight fires and environmental disasters 3 years ago. "We
spend billions of dollars every year fighting major fires in the country, like
the one in Britain in 1975," said company founder and CEO Cole
Rosentreetter.
These aircraft are primarily a
reconnaissance tool equipped with airborne radar, and use artificial
intelligence to draw maps and provide the necessary and very important
information to firefighters about the fires that are occurring, their location
and extent of spread, and the expectations of their extension to other areas
throughout the hours of the day.
"We save a lot of time and
effort for firefighters who have been walking for hours looking for fires and
hot spots to put them out, and we give them all this information in just
minutes," Rosentretter said.
