Team: 15
School: Monte del Sol
Area of Science: Environmental Science
Proposal:
The phenomenon of climate change is apocalyptic and comes with great urgency, with approximately one decade to mitigate. One of the significant consequences of global warming, often overlooked by society, is the melting of the permafrost: more specifically, the abundance of toxic gases from the Pleistocene Epoch beneath the permafrost that will be released once it melts. One way to alleviate an adequate amount of heat insulated within the Arctic’s snow, is the reintroduction of large mammals to stimulate the reintroduction of the grasslands, which reflect more solar rays than snow. Team 15 will create an interactive simulation using the Python programming language to represent the Pleistocene Project’s use of grazers to de-insulate the snow in permafrost regions. This model will generate data to show the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered in the Pleistocene environment and serve as a tool for educating the population, especially students.
Mentor: Rhonda Crespo
Team Members:
Brooklynn Martinez
Kaley Martinez
Syriana Poteat
Team Members:
Kaley Martinez
Brooklynn Martinez
Isabella Martinez
Sponsoring Teacher: Rhonda Crespo