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Big Data: David Patterson speaks about the potential for 'big' climate data to save lives

Category: Business
Duration: 00:09:56
Publish Date: 2015-10-08 08:41:59
Description: Our ability to collect data is now far beyond what would have been imaginable just a few decades ago. When it comes to climate change the shear quantity of data requires ever larger computers to process it. The emergence of this so called "Big Data" has the potential to open up near endless opportunities for us to understand the world better and revolutionise the way we do things. In our latest conversation on climate change adaptation I spoke with David Patterson, who's company KnowNow Information Ltd. is harnessing big data about the weather and climate in ways that can save lives.
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