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Author: Kelly Wanser
Kelly Wanser is Board Director of Dendra Systems and Executive Director of SilverLining, a policy and advocacy organization founded in 2018 to advance research in near-term responses to climate change. Kelly is a technologist and executive whose work emphasizes the application of advanced technologies to understanding and responding to climate change. She is lead author of a comprehensive report, “Ensuring a Safe Climate: National Priorities for Research in Climate Intervention and Earth Systems Prediction,” and delivered a 2019 TED Talk “Emergency Medicine for Our Climate Fever.” She is a member of the President’s Circle of the National Academy of Science and previously served as senior advisor to Ocean Conservancy on efforts in ocean-climate risk and to the Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Follow her on Twitter: @kellywanser
Using the AWS Cloud to restore ecosystems around the world
The world’s forests have decreased by nearly half since the onset of human civilization. Deforestation is continuing at a high rate due to agricultural pressure, poor land management, and climate change, which increases drought, disease, and invasive species. But a new generation of technologies is transforming our ability to manage and grow forests. The unprecedented level of data enables ecology-trained artificial intelligence (AI) to inventory the ecosystem and identify problems like plant condition stress, invasive weeds, species decline, and erosion. Learn how Dendra Systems is using the cloud to restore ecosystems around the world.