Technology Saving The World

From tagging to Twitter, researchers are developing and using new technologies to track endangered species, population growth and even diseases like the recent swine flu outbreak. Read how they do it and how it's helping people all over the world.Grab our RSS feed below.

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Swine Flu Outbreak Tracked With Twitter
Using Google, Twitter to monitor diseases such as swine flu, and alert health officials to potential cases.

GPS, Hair Analysis Reveal Elephant Stresses
Climate change and cattle grazing practices could threaten the delicate balance in elephant country.

New Tech Monitors Schools of Fish
Researchers and conservationists can watch the movement of large groups of fish as they gather into shoals and later split up.

Radio ID Chips Help Stem Cacti Theft
As if being covered in inch-long spikes weren't safe enough, Saguaro National Park's signature species is getting some additional protection.

Weather Satellite Tracks Whales, Birds
The latest U.S. weather satellite can do more than just keep an eye out for storms. It can turn on transmitters to collect their sensors.
Balkan Lynx Poached to Brink of Extinction
Cameras are used to track every move of the Balkan lynx, a wild cat teetering on extinction for nearly a century.

Satellites, Beekeepers Track Climate Change Response
Satellites, low-tech ground methods will be used to help understand how bees are responding to climate change.

African Bushmen Track Wildlife with PDAs
In Africa, one might expect to see a lion, a baboon, or an elephant with its herd. But a Bushman with a PalmPilot?

Turtle Race Tracked on Web
Biologists will switch on satellite trackers strapped to the backs of 11 female leatherback turtles to raise awareness of a species threatened.

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