Climate Change
Introducing EarthTime: animations which show how our planet is changing
From deforestation to pandemics, this new tool visualizes planet-scale changes – aiming to bring the discussion about how we treat our home into sharp focus.
Illah Nourbakhsh
With Carnegie Mellon University: K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies; Director, Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) lab (http://www.cmucreatelab.org); Associate Director for Faculty, Robotics Institute. Trustee, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Southwestern Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project; Chief Executive Officer, Airviz.
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