The Earth Hour Tracker monitors Twitter to build easily digestible snapshots of how people feel about the topics being discussed in relation to Earth Hour 2016, which was held on the 19th of March 2016. The data collected can be visualized in many different ways and the examples shown here are just a few of the many posibilities. The demos are powered by the language analysis tools developed by the University of Sheffield in the EU funded DecarboNet project, using the GATE infrastructure. More language analysis tools relating to the project can be found on our DecarboNet demos page.

What are the top #hashtags?

The frequency of use of hashtags on Twitter, when presented visually allows a quick insight into the topics being discussed. Around the time of of Earth Hour 2016 the data used in this example was updated once an hour and covered the last twenty-four hours of relevant tweets. It now shows a static snapshot based on tweets sent on the day of Earth Hour, the 19th of March 2016. View Demo

How do people feel about Earth Hour?

This visualisation allows you to see the top environmental topics being discussed by the public on Twitter around Earth Hour 2016. Around the time of of Earth Hour 2016 the data used in this example was updated once an hour and covered the last twenty-four hours of relevant tweets. It now shows a static snapshot based on tweets sent on the day of Earth Hour, the 19th of March 2016. View Demo