Prof. Tal Svoray, a geoinformatics expert at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, is revolutionizing environmental research through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). His work focuses on developing AI methodologies for detecting and analyzing environmental phenomena using aerial imagery. By harnessing AI and space-time data, Prof. Svoray and his team are tackling environmental challenges such as monitoring soil erosion and predicting tree mortality. The use of AI allows for more efficient and precise detection of environmental changes, and the ability to process vast datasets that would take humans years to analyze. However, challenges such as dealing with imbalanced data and understanding the reasoning behind AI decisions remain. Prof. Svoray envisions his research shaping broader environmental efforts and believes that AI is not replacing human researchers, but rather amplifying their cognitive abilities.