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Artificial intelligence is everywhere. So, why not use it for good? Allow is to explain how it we are using it to understand freshwater health and Canada’s environment better. And then where we go from here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30921,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"blog_types":[194],"environmental_issues_type":[201],"class_list":["post-30911","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog_types-our-research","environmental_issues_type-climate-change"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nArtificial Intelligence Helps Us Improve Canada's Environment | IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Artificial intelligence could really help us understand\u2014and improve\u2014Canada's environment. 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