1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
In focus
IranUkraineGerman politics
Latest audioLatest videos
Live TV
Digital WorldGlobal issues

Can AI help save the environment?

April 16, 2026

Scientists are using AI in many environmental projects to help analyze data and accelerate processes. But at the same time, complex AI systems require significant resources. AI and sustainability: Is it a good fit?

https://p.dw.com/p/5CJLv
Skip next section Explore more

Explore more

The Ocean Cleanup ship transporting collected plastic pollution across the open ocean, showing large amounts of debris onboard.

AI and the fight against plastic pollution in the seas

AI and the fight against plastic pollution in the seas

The Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate plastic waste from the oceans by using nets to collect the trash. AI helps the organization predict the plastic’s movement, allowing collection vessels to be deployed strategically.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 17, 202602:19 min
DW | SHIFT | Luftverschmutzung und KI in Indien

AI and the fight against air pollution

AI and the fight against air pollution

A team from the Indian Institute of Technology has installed an array of sensors to measure local air quality. With the help of AI, scientists are linking and analyzing data sets to better understand pollution levels.
ScienceApril 20, 202602:48 min
DW | SHIFT | Tierschutz und KI-gestütztes Monitoring im Wald

A high-tech approach to animal welfare protection

A high-tech approach to animal welfare protection

Cameras, microphones, and sensors are monitoring animals in the Bavarian Forest National Park. Scientists are using AI to analyze recordings, thereby reducing their workload.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 20, 202602:26 min
Show more stories
Skip next section Similar stories

Similar stories

DW | SHIFT | Luftverschmutzung und KI in Indien

AI and the fight against air pollution

Air pollution in India is high. AI can help analyze measurements and identify risks.
ScienceApril 20, 202602:48 min
The Ocean Cleanup ship transporting collected plastic pollution across the open ocean, showing large amounts of debris onboard.

AI and plastic waste in the seas

The Ocean Cleanup is using AI in its efforts to rid the oceans of plastic waste.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 17, 202602:19 min
DW | Projekt Zukunft | Gesamtsendung Biodiversity Credits

Saving biodiversity: Can innovation stop extinction?

A third of species are at risk. From AI to new markets, can innovation protect ecosystems and human health?
ScienceApril 2, 202626:05 min
Show more
Skip next section More on Digital World from around the world

More on Digital World from around the world

DW | Shift | KI-generierte Holocaust-Fälschungen in sozialen Medien Label Englisch

Holocaust: Understanding history beyond AI fakes

AI fakes are changing how people see the Holocaust. But there are better ways to keep its memory alive.
Digital WorldApril 30, 202612:34 min
DW | SHIFT – Best of Tech | Technologie, KI, Cyberkriminalität & soziale Medien

AI knows what you did last summer

AI-scams, social media bans for kids, and the end of Google as we know it.
Digital WorldApril 23, 202612:34 min
Close-up of hands typing on a backlit computer keyboard in low‑light, representing nighttime work, programming, or digital technology.

Is AI the new weapon of mass data theft?

AI powers both hackers and defenders in 2026, making scams more realistic and cybersecurity an arms race you understand
Digital WorldApril 16, 202603:10 min
Show more
Skip next section More from this show

More from this show

DW | SHIFT | TovaTok – Tova Friedman auf TikTok über den Holocaust

Auschwitz survivor goes viral on TikTok

In short videos, Tova Friedman shares memories of her childhood in the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz.
SocietyMay 6, 202602:06 min
DW | SHIFT | Hologramme von Holocaust-Zeitzeugen bewahren Erinnerungen

Digital witnesses: Holocaust remembrance with VR and AI

Holograms of Holocaust survivors help ensure their life stories are not forgotten.
TechnologyMay 6, 202603:13 min
A fake Holocaust black and white image created by AI showing malnourished men with their shirts off. The man at the front plays the violin.

AI fakes about the Holocaust distort history

AI fakes about the Holocaust are trending on social media. They look real but distort history.
HistoryMay 4, 202602:38 min
Show more
Skip next section About the show

About the show

The Shift show logo is superimposed on an image showing an angular glass or plastic tube on a circuit board

Shift — Living in the Digital Age

Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.

Go to show Shift