High-Level Project Summary
We focus on the development of agricultural activities in Boyacá, as a consequence, multiple environmental implications have been generated conditioning the quality of life of the population. This project proposes the development of an application to teach the farming population about climate change that occurs specifically in Boyacá Colombia using FIREX-AQ aerial campaign, and aims to develop this application to monitor and extract data that provide information on emissions and gases produced from forest fires also on the increase of carbon concentrated in the atmosphere therefore, this project answers the question, how could we help the planet to regulate the carbon in the atmosphere?
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Detailed Project Description
Monitor through FIREX-AQ the areas of greatest negative impact caused by industrial agriculture and extensive cattle ranching in Boyacá, taking advantage of the effect of agroecology and regenerative cattle ranching to reverse the problem, contribute to the stabilization of the carbon pump and educate society about climate change caused by bad practices used by mankind in general. To carry out the project, an application will be developed to extract the data monitored by the aircraft used in the United States, which periodically provides measurements of GHG gas levels, forest fires in the western states and agricultural fires in the southeast, so that we can relate the contribution that this aircraft can provide to a problem in our country, specifically in Boyacá. This application will be linked to Excel which stores the collected information, being ArcGIS complement, essential in the transformation of graphs and tables into interactive maps directly in Excel, so it is possible to see the data from another perspective, interpret the information and improve decision making, using specific coordinates to know the location of areas and there to apply the software which downloads the data and responds with visual indicators. In other words, the levels of negative impact and carbon concentration in the atmosphere can be measured and evidenced through the dynamics of colorimetry over time, for example of grass in a range of six months and of native forest in a range of four years, and through these comparisons the capacity of ecosystemic recovery that can be provided by the adequate use of soil and environmental resources thanks to good agricultural practices with a regenerative approach can be evidenced.
This planning is optimal to measure the increase of vegetation cover and the restoration of carbon in the soil, because CO2 should regularly respond to 350 ppm (parts per million), the habits that man has assumed in recent decades, have led to raise this amount to 400 ppm, which means an excess of 50 ppm that produce an affectation to the climate and the individuals who live in it. This magic gas is present in many living tissues, because life has carbon as a component and its life cycle acquires it, this molecule comes out of the earth and indirectly must return to it through natural processes properly intervened by man, Therefore the need to adequately use the soil and stimulate it with organic matter MO for its survival, with a totally beneficial background, because you get healthier food, farmers with new perceptions of regenerative livestock, wildlife conservation, healthier soils, erosion prevention and natural control of GHG.
By keeping the soil sown, plants are the best protection against erosion and meadows with short grazing cycles provide the greatest carbon sequestration activity through photosynthesis. In this sense, it is important to keep in mind that forest fires should be reduced as much as possible given that 80% of fires originate from burning pastures and stubble, 15% are due to negligence and 5%to lightning and other natural causes.
The coding language to be implemented in the application is JAVA ECLIPSE which facilitates the visual editing project necessary for the location and verification through graphics of those areas in which this system is intended to be applied. This language has been implemented due to the population, since being an interactive and mostly visual platform allows an adequate understanding of the system to be developed, highlighting the API of the JAVA programming language, which processes the information in a more efficient and dynamic way.
Space Agency Data
Firex-AQ is a company led by ONAA and NASA whose objective is to provide measurements of gas emissions, seeking to relate the fuel of the fire with the point of emission, understand the chemical transformation, the impacts on air quality and evaluate the effectiveness of satellite detections to estimate fires, which are large proportions of fire that generate damage to the environment, these can be prescribed, those that are carried out in a controlled manner, or forest fires, which are unpredictable and have a very rapid growth depending on factors that have had an increase in recent decades thanks to climate change and deforestation. For this reason, this project seeks to relate the data provided by Firex-AQ to determine the areas most affected by these gases and their damage to one of the most beautiful landscapes of Boyacá, the moorlands.
Fires generate smoke, which is a complex and constantly evolving mixture of gases, solid and liquid particles, most of which are capable of being present in the environment for hours and in some cases weeks, causing greenhouse gases to emerge. This leads us to a science that according to NASA is very changeable, as it is influenced by different factors that are modified as the life cycle of the fire passes, this is the science of smoke, which studies the influence of fuel, humidity, temperature, wind speed and precipitation in the generation of a fire, this in order to estimate the damage that can be generated; The most influential factor is fuel, since the National Interagency Fire Center determined that 10% of the amount of fuel contained in an ecosystem burns in a single day.
Another activity that generates greenhouse gases is the livestock sector, which is the livelihood of 1.3 billion people and accounts for 40% of global agricultural production, as well as being a source of energy and an essential source of organic fertilizer for crops, but the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) states that it generates 18% more greenhouse gases than transport, mostly CO2; For these reasons, regenerative livestock arming is being implemented, which is a harmonious model that seeks the development of ecosystems that meet human needs, economically viable and sustainable in the long term.
This generates climate change, which consists of temperature changes, sea level rise and reduction of mountain glaciers, which is the one that interests us most when talking about the damage to the different moors of Boyacá, as scientists estimate that in the last 50 to 100 years the earth has been warming, generating that the atmosphere becomes a greenhouse due to carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane, which damage the ozone, because this is a gas present in the atmosphere that is very vulnerable to be destroyed by the aforementioned gases.
For this reason, we seek to use the data generated by NASA satellites and airplanes to measure chemical and physical processes accurately, in order to implement this data in an application that allows easy and quick monitoring of the different phenomena and thus prevent further damage to the moorlands. In addition, determine a standard value that ranchers, farmers and social or environmental leaders can use to keep greenhouse gases at bay.
Hackathon Journey
The experience through SpaceApps was formative, educational and innovative, thanks to the fact that we were able to learn about issues of our challenge such as the effects that climate change has on agriculture and livestock. Also, we could discover interesting facts about NASA spacecraft thanks to the information provided by NASA. In addition, this activity provided us with a space to socialize with other classmates.
We chose this challenge because in the area where we live we are surrounded by very diverse ecosystems, and we see the need for them to be cared for and preserved due to the different events that occur, such as the fire in one of our moors.
The approach of our project is mixed, as we collect quantitative and qualitative data, which are analyzed and related to generate interpretations.
We had no setbacks because we knew how to work as a team and manage our time.
We are mainly grateful to NASA for giving us the opportunity to participate in these challenges, to the teachers for helping us in this learning process, since it is a new and enriching experience in knowledge.
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