Spotting sewage from space? Satellite AI project aims to predict Devon pollution spills

Michael Holder
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The Devon biosphere reserve includes Braunton Burrows sand dunes | Credit: iStock
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The Devon biosphere reserve includes Braunton Burrows sand dunes | Credit: iStock

Ordnance Survey and CGI to lead project to combat sewage pollution spills at a nature reserve in Devon

The famous 'Pale Blue Dot' photograph of planet Earth taken from space could soon be getting a slightly murkier makeover, thanks to an innovative AI project being developed by mapping specialist Ordnance...

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