Data science answers big questions like ‘how does climate change affect your health?’
Allison Feeney
2/24/2021
Date that article was published: September 12, 2019
Article Summary
Currently there is so much data being collected that is applicable to climate change– not only daily weather, but also air pollution, hospitalizations, healthcare costs, and satellite information. For example Francesca Dominici is using data science is study how air pollution causes death in different demographics.
Going forward, to fully utilize the power of data science to combat climate change, methods must be validated and accesible. Governments should also allow access to their databases that contain relevant information. Lastly, climate related NGO’s should invest in data science.
About the Harvard Data Science Initative
The HDSI is full of researchers like Dominici who are working to unlock “the power of data to solve intractable challenges”. They explore data-driven approaches to the most imporant issue facing humanity, like climate change.
What Do I Think?
I think it is very interesting to see the applications of data science to a topic that I’m really passionate about. Since data science is such a new field, it’s cool to see different branches of it developing right now. I’m interested in seeing what else data science can do to help combat climate change.
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