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Declining species in rainforests around the world may have a second chance of survival due to artificial intelligence technology. Declining species in rainforests around the world may have a second chance of survival due to artificial intelligence technology, experts told ABC News. Researchers from environment nonprofit Rainforest Connection and Google.org, the tech company's philanthropy branch, said they have found a way to use AI to monitor and conserve species in threatened ecosystems as rainforests bear the brunt of impacts from hazards like global warming, deforestation and development. "Now, with the use of AI, we're able to analyze hundreds of thousands of recordings," Bourhan Yassin, CEO of Rainforest Connection, told ABC News.. "A process that used to take four and a half months for a single scientist to analyze one species, we can do that in seconds." MORE: Researchers discover another way tropical forests could suffer due to climate change The c...

The same atmospheric river storm system that is bringing devastating flooding to communities all over California is providing much-needed relief to the state's forests. California's precious trees are receiving a much-needed reprieve from the extreme drought conditions they have been experiencing for several decades. The same atmospheric river storm system that is bringing devastating flooding to communities all over California is providing relief to the state's forests, according to experts. MORE: California towns evacuated as monster storm expected to bring foot of rain Data released last week by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that regions in California and Nevada that were previously in "exceptional drought" status the week before -- the highest level of concern -- have been alleviated as a result of the rounds of heavy rain that have been walloping the coast. The plethora of extra moisture is likely to stave off a mass die-off of trees in the West, Jim Rande...