What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like?

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What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like?

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Aug 26, 2020

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On a rapidly changing planet, there are many ways to measure the health of an ecosystem. Can sound be one of them? We dive into a new methodology that applies machine learning technology to audio soundscape recordings. Lead researcher Sarab Sethi explains how this method could be used to potentially predict ecosystem health around the world.

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Aug 26, 2020

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What Does A Healthy Rainforest Sound Like?

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