When we realize that a change as localized in time as quarantines around the world has been able to generate an obviously positive change in environmental indicators, we cannot ignore this signal. We know that scientific studies, when well publicized, can lead to major changes, more and as was the case with studies on the effect of CFC on the ozone layer and the importance of signing the Montreal Protocol to replace these harmful substances. Then used the resources made available by NASA, more precisely from the Earth Observatory, where we collected information on environmental impacts in different places in the world, such as some regions of the USA, India, Brazil, to then analyze them and see if we really were going the right way. In addition, we used other resources made available by NASA, such as the global viewer COVID-19 from the Center for Data and Socioeconomic Applications (SEDAC) to analyze the scenarios, which helped us a lot to prove that the data we were investigating was correct. When we talk about the effect of habits adopted due to the pandemic, we address even broader and more profound changes at a time when the world is reorganizing. Therefore, we believe that the idea of guiding, based on reliable and accessible data, the construction of these new ways of producing, consuming and relating, has a great potential to influence decision makers at different levels, reaching the global impact on mitigating climate change.
We started by thinking about the importance of bringing science into people's daily lives, especially in a context as new and uncertain as that of the pandemic. Bearing in mind that we wanted to bring the data closer to people, we looked at the data. When we perceive the positive environmental impacts of the lockdown process, we believe it is essential to give more publicity to this information, guiding a broad reflection on our ways of producing, consuming and relating. In our prototype, we prioritize infographics and geolocalized information so that people can understand in a simple and direct way the importance of the changes that have happened in recent times.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4810
https://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/slider/pandemic-and-after-los-angeles-2015-2019-versus-2020
https://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/
https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/covid-19/
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/pathfinders/covid-19
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/pathfinders/health-and-air-quality-data-pathfinder
https://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/no2
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/story/breath-fresh-air
https://www.stateofglobalair.org/life-expectancy
https://www.stateofglobalair.org/health/sources
https://www.stateofglobalair.org/health
https://www.stateofglobalair.org/air
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/MODAL2_M_AER_OD
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps?eocn=topnav&eoci=globalmaps
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38685/the-ozone-layer-if-cfcs-hadnt-been-banned
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144239/ozone-hole-is-big-but-tempered-by-cfc-reductions
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84382/un-panel-ozone-layer-on-the-road-to-recovery
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38835/antarctic-ozone-hole-1979-to-2008
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146741/nitrogen-dioxide-levels-rebound-in-china
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146596/airborne-particle-levels-plummet-in-northern-india
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-monitors-environmental-signals-from-global-response-to-covid-19
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-probes-environment-covid-19-impacts-possible-links