4 Ways Technology is helping Us Improve Our Damaged Environment

4 Ways Technology is helping Us Improve Our Damaged Environment

The industrialization process began in Britain in the 18th century and started spreading to other parts of the world. Industrialization changed the world, and the world has never been the same. The advent of technology heralded the beginning of another era. With all this growth, however, came negatives. Centuries later, some scientists discovered a hole in the ozone layer. The ozone layer is a region found on the earth’s stratosphere that absorbs the sun’s ultra-violet rays.

The ozone layer became thinner as industries thrived, and the temperatures began rising. Climates changed, and if we had not done anything about the depleting ozone layer, the world would have already turned into a hot and barren desert. Technology is used in many different ways to conserve the environment.

Preventing Deforestation Using IoT

With the world’s population increasing by the day, people need housing, and the forests suffer. People cut down trees for lumbar, and they are not replacing them. Global warming increases because of the trees dwindling. IoT sensors placed on trees in the forests detect any noise associated with illegal logging, such as chain saws.

IoT devices are interconnected devices that send and receive information. They communicate with each other with no need for human intervention. Many years ago, rainforests were found on at least 14% of the earth’s surface, and now, they only cover a mere 65 in comparison. In less than 40 years, and according to specialists, we will not have any rainforests. The IoT sensors send the exact coordinates to law enforcement officers enabling them to arrest the illegal loggers.

The powers that these IoT devices hold are immense, and hackers target them to evade arrest while they log. VPN for multiple devices is critical for data encryption. A VPN creates a safe tunnel between the devices and the internet, ensuring the devices send data securely.

Blockchain To Prevent Illegal Fishing

A blockchain is a list of records that link via cryptography. The blockchain is a decentralized ledger that records each transaction and needs no third party for authentication. These records are permanent, immune from tampering, and altering. Blockchain records are free for scrutiny, and any willing person can access them at any time.

Banking, voting, healthcare, insurance, and lately, the fishing industry are some of the places blockchain helps. Illegal unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is a threat to the fish population. The use of blockchain technology will stop this problem.

The technology ensures tracing of the tuna is possible using blockchain records. A WWF project will make use of scanning devices, (Radio-frequency identification) RFID tags and Quick Response (QR)

These techniques collect data on the tuna’s journey at different stages on the supply ladder. The collected data uses blockchain technology to record relevant information. Tracking starts when the tuna lands with an RFID tag. The factory detects the RFID tags and records the data on the blockchain. The reusable tag is changed with a QR tag after the fish processing.

The QR code is different for every fish. The blockchain records link to that fish and the very first RFID tag it had. This QR code is the identifier for this fish all through its journey to the consumer. If the consumer needs to know the fish’s origin, they must scan the code using a smartphone app, to tell if the fish was legally caught or not, and the ship it came from.

Using Lab Meat

Lab meat is slowly becoming a reality. It’s produced using the same tissue engineering methods that regenerative medicine use. The cultured meat grows by taking the stem cells from the fat or muscle of an animal and placing it into a culture medium. This media is placed in a bioreactor, which supports cell growth and allows the cells to grow by feeding them.

Studies estimate that the production of lab-grown meat requires 7to 45% less energy to produce in comparison to the same amount of pork or beef. Most of the gas emissions that deplete the environment come from cattle. Producing lab-grown meat will reduce the emissions by a considerable margin, thus preserving the environment.

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