Mapping the World from Satellites - Helping us understand Global Food & Water Security in the 21st Century - Livestream

These non-technical lectures are free and are intended for a general audience that may not be familiar with USGS science.

Speaker: USGS Research Geographer Prasad Thenkabail

• Global food and water security challenges are real in a changing climate & ballooning populations and further exasperated by pandemics & wars.
• How did the World feed itself in the past? How will it feed itself in the future?
• Earth Observing (EO) satellites are ideal platforms to observe and study the Planet over time and space.
• Planet-scale big-data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing are leveraged to answer critical questions on World’s food & water security.

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