How Whatsapp is helping researchers predict deadly landslides in Columbia

UK researchers are using information sent via WhatsApp to help predict deadly landslides in Colombia.

How Whatsapp is helping researchers predict deadly landslides in Columbia
Fri, 05 Jan, 2018 - 11:16

UK researchers are using information sent via WhatsApp to help predict deadly landslides in Colombia.

The team has been training the community of an informal settlement in Medellin City to monitor how their hillside is shifting over time.

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