ASU computer scientist Hannah Kerner explains how the combination of machine learning and satellite data help map farms, monitor disasters and understand climate impacts — turning decades of Earth observation data into tools.

Further listening and reading:

• Listen to Hannah on the Satellite and Deep Learning podcast with Robin Cole
• Check out Applied Geospatial by Christopher Ren
• Read Empire of AI by Karen Hao

Learn more about the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.

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Produced by Alexander Chapin and Pete Zrioka

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Original music from Patrick Cheung

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Art by Andy Keena

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