The nominating institution CUHK on the breakthrough:
The cryosphere, the planet’s frozen parts, has undergone rapid warming in recent decades, posing profound threats to people and the Earth systems which are closely connected to all the UN SDGs. With innovative use of AI, computer vision, deep learning, and remote sensing for detecting, characterizing, and monitoring changes of the glaciers and the frozen ground from big earth observation data, the project transforms our understanding of the polar changes and their global impacts.
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Climate change, Environment & Nature.