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good use crime fighters who are back to africa's most successful in radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech color of prevention and sustainable charcoal production all of us odes are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters tune in now. melting glaciers michael plastics in the ocean and fires in the amazon news about climate change is disturbing and often contradictory especially on social media still the online world of as many ways to get reliable info and get active digital environmental protection our topic today on shift.

i know my own eco balance as well roughly the average german produces 9 tons of c o 2 per year and these european generates some $24.00 paedos of plastic waste to me that sounds like a lot but how bad is it by comparison in india the average person produces just 11 kilos of plastic waste but where does my garbage actually go and how much plastic winds up in the world's oceans 8000000 tons a year that's what science magazine estimates environmental pollution and climate change are global issues so it's not just me experts also want to get their hands on reliable data i. have a huge port. all the. plastic all over.

but this is a 3 minute is trying to make that dream come true at the alfred vigneault institute for polar and marine research. she's part of a team of scientists who are analyzing the increasing pollution of the oceans they have compiled their results and created an online world map that's accessible to everyone. i mean a tech man's research focuses on the question where does the plastic waste in the oceans come from she's helping to program the litter based databank to present this information in a form that's easy to understand. our basic idea is scientific. and the best way. to create some maps and some graphs litter base is an online database that's open to everyone. graphics show the results of more than

a 1000 scientific studies on a world map it's easy to see where research expeditions have already taken place. the latest results from the worldwide scientific community are regularly fed into the database the aim is to make the global issue of marine pollution more accessible and easily understood including to nonscientists. nowadays. especially because of and people like to have picked having these maps graphs. the global forest change database at the university of maryland also uses a map to show the state of the world's forests since 2013 users have been able to call up info based on satellite images they can see the effects of forest fires illegal logging and station over long periods. the global forest watch platform is

also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. temperatures c o 2 levels and even current weather phenomena can be found on the website earth now . here u.s. space agency nasa presents comprehensive satellite data and real time you can track how tropical storms are forest fires like here in australia are developing on earth now. various natural disasters are also explained. the alfred baker institute also plans to incorporate non scientifically compiled data. once holidaymakers to upload observations about beaches and coastlines. the topic of marine life in particular. well as

a citizen scientists because trash is something everyone can relate to everyone knows what a bottle or a plastic bag is and this helps us to cover a much better area geographically and to better fill in the white spots we still have on our map. for as a citizen scientist i can help organizations call and invite others to help clean them up. information is important but taking action is vital. there's no excuse for saying you don't know how to help it specially after the show you these innovative ideas which make it even easier to help save the planet. they could be anywhere from 862150 1000000 tons of waste. is collected there since the material became popular in the 1950 s. . using conventional methods would take decades. on a digital solution intelligent. to receiving relevant data

. the data is provided in real time via. the spanish. revolution aims to reclaim the rain forest with the help of. huge swathes of the far east have been destroyed in recent decades. revolution has developed an intelligent seed called seeds it's launched from which can cover huge areas quickly the grounds have access to data like soil conditions and climates and g.p.s. to plan the right seeds in the right place. nigerian firm and has developed a method of bringing clean energy to remote regions of africa using. the electricity comes from a solar panel on the roof the mobile phone functions as a power distribution center and an electric meter making stations and the

electrical grid and soon. some 400000 people now receive green electricity this way . the effects of. experience differently. in the places where most of the ways this created in 2017 germany exported 24.3. a 1000000 tons of his trash the industrialized nations of northern hemisphere produce the most c o 2 but they haven't yet experienced the devastating effects of climate change by those in the solve but digital solutions can help those hardest hit. a season rivers where once found there is now only arid desert. climate change is already a reality in east africa and it's endangering the livelihoods of herders in the region. if there's no water there herds die after scout is an app which helps africa's herders track down increasingly rare sources of water using the latest

satellite data. climate change is also affecting africa's farmers extreme weather such as long periods of drought interventions storms are causing damage like they've never seen before. that's where the agric sap comes in and helps farmers recognise pests and plant diseases early so they can save their crops the app uses ai so every time it's used its database expands and its prognoses improves . in south america the destruction of the rain forest is a major problem now a digital warning system should help brazilian environmental research institute fight fire clearing. not only can smartphones warn about these fires they're also a weapon in the battle against deforestation because the quicker the fires are reported the quicker they can be put out. sharing is caring can sometimes

apply in the digital world to every piece of information that users pos on can help other people directly unlike my last cell feed on instagram so what can i do personally to actively protect the environment and on the climate change there are tons of local projects and even apps that can help you do your bit if you that we. and especially interesting. it all started with the big cleanup dr sim beilin but putting out an online call to combat pollution locally was only the beginning for plan a. see no no's that solving big problems requires big data or. climate change is not one problem there is a lot of problems. and our they took photos actually and. we use the data to pinpoint exactly the locations and the types of issues that

happen around the world that need to be immediately acted on. the plane and based startup analyzes danger from research institutions around the world based on its findings to turn any contacts individuals companies and community groups in the affected areas the only prerequisite is that they want to do something to combat climate change plan any publicizes their projects and allows users to help fund them every plan is thoroughly checked for its viability in transparency. then the eco enter your daily habits with a few clicks and the app will calculate your carbon footprint and show you how to string it. it also invites you to be a tri met hero by supporting carbon offset projects that help people and the planet . the c o 2 tracking at 3 for a storm also focuses on individual consumption you can use the app to create

a manage your own forest thereby reducing your carbon footprint everyone can do something to save the planet. the climate protection has made. clear what they need to do i think because of the language that is being used we speak. in a way that doesn't necessarily explain to people what the. we should be focusing more. advice rather than simply. it's a bit paradoxical after all the internet itself consumes vast amounts of energy and mountains of discarded smartphones part of the problem not the solution yet digital technologies could play a major role 1st big data can help us reach a greater scientific awareness climate change is a global phenomenon so gathering huge amounts of data from around the world is vital 2nd they could help to relieve some of the worst effects for instance through

real time analysis which could help get aid to affected areas quickly and 3rd and this is where we come in my absence that farms users can contribute directly whether by collecting data or helping right where it's needed for instance i could do my part by joining a local organization what's your contribution to competition climate change let us know if for example. that's it for the lead by. gucci colonna you may not want to hear the words of the south pole or the others to miss you for so many of the new coal fires the disease that is caused by the

a virus is called codes planted by this fast as the virus spreads its creator today a new focus on those lives gucci. g.w. . is the human race destroying itself. ruining the basic elements of our system we're using too much water and we're too late to. her piece of life. going to go among our supplies will last for ever but they won't. when the rain stops. on d. w. . go on a little more. hello

and welcome to in good shape and today we've got a special edition broadcast to you from my family practice what we're seeing right now is the dark side off globalization every day almost 130000 flights bring more than 11000000 people from one place in the world to another that makes it really easy for.