In the Northern Hemisphere in 2017 and 2018 brought several destructive hurricanes to the shores of North America, the Caribbean, and throughout the Pacific rim. Such extreme weather events are predicted to get more common and more severe with increasing climate change.
Several participating classes in the ISCFC were or are in the path of these storms and we hope for the best for them, their families and communities.
We would love to hear from students affected directly and indirectly by extreme weather events, and also any students who have been following the news this summer.
What are your thoughts about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events? Has this hurricane season increased your concern about climate change or not? Do you think that US citizens and residents (and others in the region) will take climate change more seriously now?
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Can Satellite imagery used to predict biomass output?
As many new APIs and repositories are becoming open source, I wonder if we could use any of that gross information to identify weather-biomass patterns that would allow us to predict dengue, zika and chikungunya outbreaks.
I will be more than happy to collaborate with anyone interested in using these data resources so feel free to hmu. I have contacted several local businesses related to these topics to help with their data and location.