Climate Sentinel
From NISAR insights — SAR radar that reads the ground through cloud and canopy — to the cost of inaction and regeneration that earns credits.
About the project
Objective
Climate Sentinel turns surface change seen by NISAR radar into risk, human and ecological impact, the cost of waiting, and regeneration opportunities with carbon credits.
Showing the map is not enough. We show the price of waiting, the action available, and the incentive for those who restore.
From signal to decision
Three moves on the same evidence — see the trend, price the wait, restore with incentive.
01
See the trend
Maps and rankings by surface trend, risk, and impact type — from biome to municipality.
02
Price the wait
The cost of inaction sits next to each selection: expected loss versus the cost to prevent.
03
Restore with incentive
Priority areas show carbon-credit potential in dollars for partners who regenerate — and, over time, protect.
Who it is for
Same evidence, different outputs — from a budget annex to a reporting kit and a regeneration pipeline.
Public sector
Governors, mayors, secretaries, and advisors who need numbers and actions to justify budgets, amendments, and municipal plans.
Press and civil society
Journalists and NGOs who need a stable story with methodology, limits, and a link that does not expire with the news cycle.
Partner companies
Teams restoring priority land who need impact proof and a clear path to carbon-credit potential.
Remote monitors
Anyone who needs an email when trend, risk, or impact changes in the territory they already chose.
Technology
Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge — grounded in Earth observation, open enough for cabinets and newsrooms to trust the limits of the prototype.
NISAR radar
NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar as the reference for surface change — including dry-season signals that optical imagery often misses.
Risk and impact layers
Trend becomes severity, then human and ecological impact: water stress, food security, income, migration, biodiversity pressure.
Cost and credits
Each selection carries the cost of waiting, the cost to prevent, and restoration carbon potential converted to an expected USD figure.
Sample data in this build. Satellite-derived degradation is not the same as field-proven desertification. Carbon figures use a prototype market reference and are not a certified methodology.
What you can do here
Explore
Filter by territory, impact, and risk. Read the spotlight, map, suggested actions, and rankings — then carry your selection into the newsletter.
Newsletter
Set institutional contact, role, and monitoring criteria. You are notified only when the evidence in your selection actually changes.
For companies
Restore with credit potential
Partner companies regenerating priority land get impact proof and a clear path to carbon-credit potential. Leave interest here on About — this is not the public newsletter path.
Start with the map
Explore trend, risk, impact, and carbon — or set alerts when the ground truly changes.