Climate Hackers

https://youtu.be/5EuCYBgb5_U

https://github.com/usmhic/Warmning

Warmning is a web app that can gather information from various data sources to make accurate fire set offs happening, we wrote a C++ code using Arduino on a sensor that can calculate the heat index using temperature and humidity the sensor sends this data to the app that we designed using MIT app inventor to predict the chances of a fire occurring, we also used a map that can detect places where fires are happening using space agencies satellites such as Esri, USGS | Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, USGS, EPA | NOAA, National Weather Service, Esri | NASA | we also made social media bots that can automatically detect and repost/retweet "#WarmningMorocco" and a facebook group so our followers can tell each other about fires and the safe spots they can run onto in case they weren't using the app and only had data to use social media, we also made the website using WordPress and embedded the map that detects fires on it and put in places where to sign up and log it and our services and we also put a page called about us and an area where we would put any news related to fires caused by climate change to raise awareness about the subject.

Another point, We tried to work on the prediction of the risk of heatstroke since it is necessary to forecast changes in the thermal environment, including temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind velocity, and insolation by using hardware and importing it via an API to the website.

We also used data gathered from social media to create data sets analytics so we can improve our app in the best way possible and we also added tools using python and weather data to predict areas with high risks of heat strokes and heat-related illnesses.

We embedded an open-source map onto our website that uses space agencies and non space agencies satellite based data such as Esri, USGS | Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, USGS, EPA | NOAA, National Weather Service, Esri | NASA | so we can detect any fires occurring using it and it was an incredibly helpful and useful tool to put into our website.

Using Data Earth Observations specifically from GISS Surface Temperature Analysis, we managed to plot the temperature evolution, using Atmospheric carbon dioxide data from Mauna Loa Observatory, we managed to plot the CO2 Evolution, and using NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming specifically from GODDARD Earth Sciences Data, we managed to plot the Arctic Sea Ice Extent Evolution so we can understand the problem better and specify which tools to add more specifically into our web app.

First and through regular meetings we formed a team, got to know each other and picked a challenge based on our skills, expertise and area of knowledge after deeply understanding the problem.

Oussama: Team Leader 

Acile: Resources Investigator 

Nouhaila: Data Scientist 

Akram: Hardware Developer 

Salma: Software Developer

We picked a team name, designed a logo… and did all the paperwork.

Then we divided roles and primary tasks and made sure we got all the necessary tools, knowledge and resources to work on the challenge.

We also made sure to attend the maximum number of workshops which allowed us to dive deep into understanding the different tools we can use to solve the problem.

We picked a solution name “Warmning” inspired from the problem description (Provide Heat-Risk related warnings) and did a short brainstorming session to think of how we can approach our solution.

We Divided Initial Tasks:

Oussama & Nouhaila: Search for ways of how we can use NASA’s and other space agencies EO data along with other open source data.

Salma: Set up local data to host our website/webapp and look for ways of how we can design our website

Acile: Look for ways to gather crowdsourced data and apply to get access to available data from social networks.

Akram: Look for ways to design a simple heat-related detection system

It was an incredibly helpful experience for all of us as it grew our team work skills and we learned a lot during the workshops provided by our mentors during the challenge , we also were able to solve any issues by helping each other and didn't let any setbacks stop us from continuing to work.

Data:

• NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent Data
• NASA Goddard Data
• Atmospheric carbon dioxide data from Mauna Loa Observatory
• Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data
• Land-Ocean Temperature Data
• NASA-Earth Data—GIOVANNI
• ESA climate office
• NASA-GLDAS
• Earth Observations
• Climate Time Machine
• GISS Surface Temperature Analysis
• Wildfire Public Information Map
• Planet
• Meteomatics

Tools:

• ChatBot
• Twitter API
• WordPress
• Adobe xd
• Canva
• Jarvee
• MIT App Inventor
• Arduino
• Github
• Visual Studio Code
• Plotly
• Porkbun
• GoDaddy Registry

#warning #warming #climatechange #crowdsoursing #eo

This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.