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Waste Watchers enables citizens to detect and map litter with drones and AI
  • drones,
  • AI,
  • plastic pollution,
  • , citizen science,
  • Waste Watchers

Waste Watchers enables citizens to detect and map litter with drones and AI

By Klaas Pauly 19.10.2023
Worldwide, rivers transport 1 million kg of plastic waste into the ocean, every day! The best way to prevent this is to clean up litter while it is still..
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Artificial Intelligence to detect marine plastic litter
  • drones,
  • EO Data,
  • AI,
  • artificial intelligence,
  • marine litter,
  • plastic pollution

Artificial Intelligence to detect marine plastic litter

By Els Knaeps 17.03.2022
Marine plastic litter is one of the major environmental problems we are facing today. Tons of plastics end up in our oceans hereby impacting marine..
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Water quality monitoring! From knowledge to operational services
  • Water & coast,
  • iCOR,
  • water quality monitoring,
  • plastic pollution,
  • WaterMonitor,
  • MAPEO Water

Water quality monitoring! From knowledge to operational services

By Els Knaeps 27.05.2021

Rivers, creeks, lakes, oceans, … are key components in the hydrological cycle. We use them for drinking, irrigation, transport , recreation,… and they..

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Detecting marine plastics! An experiment
  • Water & coast,
  • plastic pollution,
  • marine environment

Detecting marine plastics! An experiment

By Els Knaeps 23.04.2020

Plastic is omnipresent in our daily lives. Just think about the things you already used today containing plastic. Packaging, cell phones, toys, .....

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