Big ideas from Obama’s new climate change initiative: ‘drone-deployed devices’ to help predict pandemics, geomodeling of global fires

The Washington Post: In announcing the White House's new climate change and health initiative on Tuesday, President Obama unveiled a series of ground-breaking hackathons, crowdsourcing efforts, and partnerships with private industry that highlight just how much the administration is betting on big data to help us mitigate the impact of the changes in our environment.

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