Google unveils AI-powered planning tools to help beat climate change’s extreme heat.
They’ll spot heat islands, track tree canopy coverage and push useful information in emergency notifications.
With extreme weather events regularly flooding our coastal cities and burning out our rural communities, Google in its magnanimity has developed a new set of online tools that civil servants and community organizers alike can use in their efforts to stave off climate change-induced catastrophe.
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Google already pushes extreme weather alerts to users in affected locations, providing helpful, easy-to-understand information about the event through the Search page — whether its a winter storm warning, flood advisories, tornado warnings, or what have you.
The company has now added extreme heat alerts to that list.
Googling details on the event will return everything from the predicted start and end dates of the heatwave to medical issues to be aware of during it and how to mitigate their impacts.
Foreign [Music] Google unveils ai-powered planning tools To help beat climate change's extreme Heat they'll spot heat Islands track Tree canopy coverage and push useful Information and emergency notifications With extreme weather events regularly Flooding our coastal cities and burning Out our rural communities Google in its Magnanimity has developed a new set of Online tools that civil servants and Community organizers alike can use in Their efforts to Stave off climate Change-induced catastrophe to stay up to Date with latest top stories make sure To subscribe to this YouTube channel by Clicking the button above this video Google already pushes extreme weather Alerts to users in affected locations Providing helpful easy to understand Information about the event through the Search page whether it's a winter storm Warning flood advisories tornado Warnings or what have you the company Has now added extreme heat alerts to That list Googling details on the event Will return everything from the Predicted start and end dates of the Heat wave to medical issues to be aware Of during it and how to mitigate their Impacts the company is partnering with The global heat Health Information Network GHIN to ensure that the
Information provided is both accurate And applicable it's a lot easier to keep The citizenry comfortable in hot weather If the cities themselves aren't Sweltering but our love affair with Urban concrete has not been amenable to That goal that's why Google has Developed tree canopy a feature within The company's environmental insights Explorer app which combines Ai and Aerial imagery so cities can understand Their current tree coverage and better Plan urban forestry initiatives per Wednesday's release tree canopy is Already in use in more than a dozen Cities but with Wednesday's announcement The program will be drastically Expanding out to nearly 350 cities Around the world including Atlanta Sydney Lisbon and Paris Google also Offers a similarly designed AI to help Plan the installation of cool roofs Which reflect heat from the Sun rather Than absorb it like today's tarp paper Roofs do Foreign [Music]
