Data

  • How many fires, where, area, etc.
  • Changes in forest cover
  • Number of people / places impacted by fires
  • Sea levels at different times
  • Rainfall data
  • Windspeed (especially typhoons)
  • Particulate matter / pollution

Information

  • Rate of deforestation
  • Changes in sea level and rate of change in different places
  • Frequency and severity of hurricanes / weather

Models

  • Predict hurricanes
  • Predicting when and where fires & movement
  • Machine learning for images of deforestation

Ethical issues

  • Obligation to educate the public about what changes occur and what correlations exist - who?
  • “Obligation” to regulate companies if we know that pollution occurs and impacts people
  • Who is accountable for taking infomation and prediction and doing something?