Microsoft-SFI research project could make us climate and land use knowledge leader

High-tech investigation of how land use can  reduce carbon emissions

Professor Tim McCarthy, Maynooth University, on Paddy O’Sullivan’s farm at Drumree, Co Meath, as Microsoft Ireland and SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) announced co-funding of the Terrain-AI project. Picture: Naoise Culhane

State of the art technology is to be installed at 14 sites across Ireland to gather insights and data which will improve understanding of how land use relates to climate change.

The installations will be placed on all types of land, grasslands, croplands, forestry, wetlands, peatlands, and urban areas.