High-Level Project Summary
Climate change is one of the worst catastrophes that the Earth is currently going through, so we thought about what if the Earth had a Superpower that would (naturally) be able to get rid of this phenomenon or at least reduce it without any human intervention - or no problem with some help -. We thought of natural elements of the earth which has a role in reducing climate change, like forests, oceans, agriculture, and so forth.
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Detailed Project Description
Climate change has affected many aspects of Earth. One aspect that has been greatly affected by climate change is the weather. In Romania, for instance, extreme weather events have multiplied since 2002. Burghill et al. stated in “Climate Change Effects- Where to Next?”, that the country’s 2007 drought was the severest in 60 years (408). By increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases, we are increasing the amount of heat that is in our atmosphere (NASA). Hurricanes have also become more aggressive largely because of warmer temperatures that mainly resulted from the emission of greenhouse gases. Warmer temperatures result in warmer water in the oceans. As the result of warmer oceans, hurricanes and tornados become more intense. Wuebbles stated, “Warmer atmosphere results in more energy in the atmosphere. When hurricanes start, they usually pick up energy from the oceans and as the result of warmer water in the oceans because of the greenhouse effect, hurricanes have more energy. Therefore, hurricanes become more intense. Now if the water was colder than gives less energy to hurricanes and makes it less intense” (phone interview). Also, warmer temperature means the atmosphere holds more water vapor and that makes rainfalls more extreme and intense (Riebeek).
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Hackathon Journey
First of all, I thank NASA so much for giving me and my team this opportunity to participate in NASA Space Apps Challenge. I also want to say it was a great Journey and I earned much experience and knowledge.
References
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#research #earh # nasa # climate_change #solution