meareghm/climatechange_ai

Applying machine learning to address the problems of climate change

Climate change is one of the greatest problems society has ever faced, with increasingly severe consequences for humanity as natural disasters multiply, sea levels rise, and ecosystems falter. Since climate change is a complex issue, action takes many forms, from designing smart electric grids to tracking greenhouse gas emissions through satellite imagery. While no silver bullet, machine learning can be an invaluable tool in fighting climate change via a wide array of applications and techniques. These applications require algorithmic innovations in machine learning and close collaboration with diverse fields and practitioners.

Running the site locally

1. Ensure git is installed
2. Ensure ruby is installed
3. Ensure bundler is installed for downloading Ruby dependencies (run gem install bundler if not)
4. Clone this repository and cd into it (e.g. git clone https://github.com/climatechange-ai/climatechange_ai.git && cd climatechange_ai)
5. Run git submodule update --init --recursive to get additional files stored in a Git submodule
6. Run bundle install to install Ruby library dependencies
7. Run bundle exec jekyll serve to build and locally serve the site, wait ~20 seconds
8. Visit localhost:4000 in your web browser to test out the site locally!
9. Make any changes to files you want to test, then wait for the site to rebuild (should take ~10 seconds for each change)