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At ACES, we leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI), computer vision, geospatial analysis, and Earth observation (EO) to address today\u2019s most pressing environmental challenges. Our research spans climate and weather, land and ecosystem monitoring, biodiverstity assessment and herbarium specimen analysis, natural hazards, urban systems, and precision agriculture, and <\/strong>, turning complex environmental data into actionable insights for a sustainable future.<\/p>\n

ACES particularly benefits from research carried out via Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)’s funded AI-INERVENE and Advancing the Frontiers of Earth System Prediction (AFESP) research Programme in addition to other funding sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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