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    The Children’s Climate Prize

    Nov 25, 2021 4 minutes
    BY SUZAAN HALL

    THE WINNER

    RESHMA KOSARAJU AGE: 15 COUNTRY: USA

    Invention Reshma’s invention is named AI Against Forest Fires. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict where and when wildfires will start. AI involves using computers to do things that would normally require human intelligence to achieve. Reshma’s model makes use of factors such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, moisture in the soil and human behaviour to forecast which areas are most prone to fire. Judges were impressed with her creative solution to a problem that’s becoming worse due to global warming.

    “My hope is that this win will lead to more people hearing about AI Against Forest Fires, and that it will become a universally accessible tool for predicting forest

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