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UNLİMİTED ENERGY| Sustaining Our Planet for Future Generations

Sustaining Our Planet for Future Generations

There is concern worldwide that environmental issues we face today will have an impact on future generations. Your challenge is to create a way to communicate the importance of environmental responsibility to people of all ages.

Raising awareness of human-induced deforestation by all age groups

Summary

There are many animals that have died from forest fires caused by the global climate changes observed in the world. There are too many plants that are damaged. We have designed a project to prevent these damages. In this project, we will design a packaging for people to be aware of fires with pictures placed on food packages and medicine boxes in order to appeal to all age groups and attract especially middle-aged and elderly people.

How We Addressed This Challenge

Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Across the world, fire is used to stimulate growth in pasture grassland or clear ground for agriculture. It is an essential part of many ecosystems, which rely on fire to clear away dead plant matter and return nutrients to the soil. On the other hand, fire can spread easily out of control, threatening fragile ecosystems and human life and property.

Like plants, fire activity grows and wanes in seasonal patterns. Globally, fires peak in July, August, and September, when summer’s drying heat makes vegetation flammable and lightning ignites the landscape. In addition, summer is the time when many crops are harvested and fields are burned in the Northern Hemisphere, where most of Earth’s continents are.

How We Developed This Project

The event that inspired us was the fire that broke out in Australia, where we lived in 2020. Since this fire could not be extinguished for a long time, too many living things lost their lives and the endangered animals also lost their lives. In order to prevent this, we want to raise awareness of our people and to raise awareness. Thus, as long as humanity pays attention, the possibility of fires will be minimized. The amount of fresh air our trees offer us will increase. Since global climates affect fires, if people are made aware of it, the possibility of fire will be minimized.

How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project

Nasa eart observatoryWe made use of satellite data by examining in which regions the fires occurred, how often, what effects they caused, the distribution of damaged creatures, and the distribution of available green areas.

Terra satellite, scientists at Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland have been mapping fire activity for the entire surface of the Earth every day since February 2000. Never before have scientists had the opportunity to map fire across the entire Earth with such detail, accuracy, and frequency. Given its data, stunning new satellite maps showing fire activity around the world over the past year provide a unique picture of seasonal and annual fire activity. Maps are a milestone in the use of satellite data to create a long-term fire record that is crucial to understanding the impact of fire on life and climate.