EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight
AFP | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
A software model of Earth , mean t to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began its monitoring and predictive mission on Monday, the EU Commission said.
The Destination Earth initiative resulted in a digital model of the planet to simulate natural phenomena by utilising an "unprecedented amount of data", according to its website.
The model combines climate science with artificial intelligence powered by supercomputers including the LUMI computer located in the Finnish city Kajaani, where the inauguration ceremony took place.
“What we get today is the future in the making”, Margrethe Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission, said at the event.
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