Episode 85: Elephants from Space

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that satellite cameras coupled with machine learning can be used to detect and count African elephants in complex geographical landscapes.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1777/elephants-from-space/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rse2.195'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Elephant Armageddon’ by Gerard Malanga <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/142206/elephant-armageddon'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>