With around 20 million users,Ecosiais the worlds largest not-for-profit search engine.
To date, Ecosia has monitored its tree-planting efforts using ground-based observations.
But with the help of Kanop, it is about to take things up a notch.
It uses this data to trainAIalgorithms and create digital twins of the forest.
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This partnership highlights our ongoing focus on growing trees not just planting them.
Tree-planting is about more than just putting seeds in the ground.
Its about restoring ecosystems so that they can effectively act as carbon sinks.
Ecosia says that eachsearchyou make on its platform removes 1 kilogram of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Only with accurate monitoring can it really back up this claim.
Large scale tree-planting programmes have exploded in popularity as a way to counter climate change.
But, however well intentioned, these projects have sometimes been shown tomake matters worse.
Thats why supporting the right projects from the outset, and monitoring their impact, is so critical.
Ecosia makes its money via ad revenue.
All of its profits go directly to tree-planting projects across the world.
While it might sound too good to be true, the certified B-corp company is totally legit.
Ecosias servers are even powered by solar power plants it built itself.
Story bySion Geschwindt
Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.
