High-Level Project Summary
As a team we have chosen this proposal to highlight the environmental situation in the country, especially in our region, because although there is a lot of talk about climate change globally today, it is usually not taken into consideration that this problem is not alien, but that we are also affected to a large extent. So like the rest of the world, it is of utmost importance that we do something about it. That is why we seek to take the first step, which is the communication and dissemination of scientific information in a clear and entertaining way. Fighting climate change, in this case, depends on one species: ours.
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Detailed Project Description
We created this video using our knowledge in biological sciences, art and video editing, using humor and memes as a resource and a simple language to achieve an easy and clear understanding of a wider audience. On the other hand, we seek to highlight not only the way in which climate change affects the planet Earth, but also our continent, making visible problems such as forest fires in the region and the importance of protecting our unique and abundant biodiversity.
For the realization of the drawings we used the digital byte map drawing tool Medibang Paint pro. To create the animations, editing and subtitling we used adobe After effects and Adobe premiere pro.
Space Agency Data
We used data from Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), both from NASA.
Source: Davies, D. K., Ilavajhala, S., Wong, M. M., & Justice, C. O. (2008). Fire information for resource management system: archiving and distributing MODIS active fire data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(1), 72-79.
This information helped us to visualize the fire hotspots and to write the script for our video as part of the problem.
Hackathon Journey
We can describe our experience at Space Apps as excellent, for all of us it was the first time, and honestly it was better than we thought. Not only the organization of the event, but the challenge itself was a challenge for all of us, and we managed to work effectively as a team in a short time.
We want to thank all the mentors, who at all times have shown willingness to give us any kind of help, as well as moral support and encouragement to achieve the challenge.
References
Bibliography:
Luna, C. V., Fontana, M. L., Kurtz, D. B., & Saucedo, G. I. (2022). Estado de situación de daños por incendios forestales registrados en Argentina. Innova Biology Sciences, 1(3), 23-40.
Moreira Muzio, M., Gaioli, F., & Galbusera, S. (2019). Inventario nacional de gases de efecto invernadero: Argentina, 2019. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación. 1-44.
Caballero, M., Lozano, S., & Ortega, B. (2007). Efecto invernadero, calentamiento global y cambio climático: una perspectiva desde las ciencias de la tierra. Revista digital universitaria, 8(10), 1-12.
(2020). Informe del estado del ambiente: Argentina. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de la Nación.
Tags
#climatechange #biodiversity #art #fauna #flora #fires #video #dissemination #video #disclosure #spaceapp #nasa