INDICATORS OF THE PLANET EARTH
(A Capacity Building Resource on Climate Action)
Author: Rajan Kumar Singh (INDIA)
Researcher: Orbitx India Aerospace Pvt Ltd
Financial Controller: Radisson Blu Hotel New Delhi Paschim Vihar Mob: +91 8329589312
GIS Developer: Environmental Systems Research Institute - ESRI Email:
[email protected]ABSTRACT >> WORKING & METHODOLOGY >>
It's a user-friendly portal/gateway 1) APIs have been put in use to obtain real time
which is bundled with multi Earth information from ARCGIS web servers.
observations in which the 2) The GIS mapping feature has been used for
visualizations are categorized in Geodata based output on ARCGIS ONLINE
form of Earth Indicators, Natural platform supported by ESRI.
Hazards, Environmental Threats, 3) This project is developed on the ARCGIS
Ecosystem Health and Monitoring Experience Builder platform supported by ESRI.
Climate. This web app is loaded 4) Google Earth Engine is used to create Earth
with 18 Earth Indicators, 18 Geo Observer Apps.
Maps, 12 Earth Engine Apps, 18 5) Detailed data analysis is done with the help of
Infographic Data Analysis in Tableau, a tool that extracts data from various
websites and translates it into visualizations. Illustration of Disasters in France from
Tableau followed by 09 Quizzes
6) The site uses data from NASA, NOAA, ESRI, 1960-2018
based on various climate change
factors. This app provides an JAXA, USGS, NCEI, ESA, NSIDC. In this web app Disasters/Hazards can be
opportunity to explore multi EO at visualized in form of Geo maps along
one place resulting into focused with respective data information/analysis
study and creates awareness as well. Dashboard of 18 Earth Indicators on multi observations. obtained by various APIs (application
programming interfaces) from GIS
OBJECTIVE >> The main objective is to create a user-friendly virtual gateway of capacity- community. Some of the Earth indicators
building resources that will help professionals of all levels and disciplines to find the training they are also equipped with forecasting
need to apply EO. This interactive portal is for users/community those who want to search, view, information as well, in order to ensure
explore, analyze and share the tools and resources from one common platform instead of training public safety.
themselves from various other websites.
CLIMATE CHALLENGES ADDRESSED >> RESULTS & ANALYSIS >>
Earth Observations (EO) can help Satellite based assessments of Natural This Graph illustrates the change in global surface temperatures. The 10 warmest years in the
policymakers around the world make more Disasters portrayed in form of 18 Earth 134 year record all have occurred since 2000, with the exception of 1998.The year 2015 ranks as
informed decisions to address natural Indicators, displaying the results in terms of the warmest on record. (Source: NASA/GISS)
disasters, land management issues, the historical and near to real time events:
impacts of climate change, and other 1) Air Quality 10) Coral Bleach
environmental issues. However, policymakers
2) Drought 11) Global Temp
and community members first need to develop
the capacity (knowledge and skills) to use EO 3) Wildfires 12) Flood
in their work. 4) Conservation 13) Carbon-di-oxide
5) Deforestation 14) Sea Level Rise
6) Arctic Sea Ice 15) Covid -19
7) Earthquake 16) Ocean Health
8) Cyclones 17) Oil Spills Reductions of sea ice extent are accelerating warming along with exposing otherwise protected
9) Volcanic Erruptions 18) Env’t Index areas to resource exploitation. Below illustrated graph shows the continual decline in sea ice
extent. Last 30 years data trends with next 15 years forecast displays the severity of the current
conditions. (Source: NSIDC)
Scientists, School and College students,
community stakeholders, science enthusiasts
and the Local and Global scientific community
Geo Maps on multi Earth observations. are the target audiences for the app.
INNOVATION >>
This web app is able to obtain results based on user inputs by experimenting with the intuitive tabs
and buttons and it portrays the results of climate severity in a very simplified manner. The portal
also shares methods and steps which may provide important contributions to protecting and saving
the planet. It offers a one site solution to the large number of apps that are single-purpose only,
allowing users to examine multiple observations across eighteen different areas of observation at CONCLUSION >>
the same time. The site is unique for this reason, and user friendly at the same time. This geo- Global warming is the most crucial existential problem of our age, which requires significant
spatial app addresses the solution towards one of the SDG Goal No 13 i.e Climate Action. societal changes to mitigate it. Although we have been raising public awareness on climate
change for years, this is not enough; the global temperature increases day by day. Even with a
reduction in CO2 emissions during the stay at home due to COVID-19, atmospheric CO2 levels
HELPING TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE >> are at their highest ever. Furthermore, disasters such as droughts, storms and floods caused by
climate change have become stronger and more frequent; also, the destruction they cause has
The app is able to depict more accurate pictures
increased. Regrettably, time is running out fast, and it seems that long-term actions such as using
of various Earth Observation models in near-to-
eco-friendly light bulbs and solar energy panels cannot stop this increase.
real time duly supported by the databases
published in the public domain by
REFERENCES TO DATA SOURCES >>
NASA/JAXA/ESA/ESRI Knowledge is half the
battle. If our communities and the new Space Agency data used in the project:
generation are fully aware of the hazards
NASA, NOAA, ESRI, JAXA, USGS, NCEI, ESA, NSIDC
associated with climate change, and the
disasters that ensue, brought about by humans,
we hope they will be more cautious about Other Resources: Nurture the Nature - Space Apps Challenge | 2022
irresponsible climate actions in the future. Project Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9krcN5oYAU
Illustration of this dynamic globe is created by
using the datasets from NASA Earth
Observations (NEO). NASA Earth Observations (NEO).
