Forests are talking, AI is finally listening. | Lesley John Jumbo | TEDxPortHarcourt

[music] [applause] [music] Step into the forest for 5 minutes and you realize something simple. It never stops talking. Every creek, every shift in the air, every change in the moisture of the soil is data.But here's the thing. We've not had the tools to turn this data into information human beings can understand until now. For centuries, forests have been talking and talking and talking.They've been telling us when they're stressed. They've been telling us when they are thriving. They've been telling us wh ...