Earth Alive is another citizen science phenology project, this one by the Aldo Leopold Nature Center. It looks like this project is geared more for classrooms, although anyone can participate; it has a simplified interface and suggests emailing observations that aren’t included on the drop-down menu.
Hat tip to Felicia for the link!
Phenology is the study of when things happen in nature…what day of year do flowers of a specific tree begin to bloom, or when do the swallows return. Long term phenology studies may be the best source of evidence for climate change.
Project Budburst has launched a 2007 pilot citizen science project to collect phenology [...]
CONE Sutro Forest attempts to be citizen science masquerading as an online game:
CONE Sutro Forest allows players to earn points by taking live photos and classifying wild birds. CONE Sutro Forest (CONE-SF) combines a remotely controllable robotic pan-tilt-zoom video camera with live streaming video, image database, and point system.
CONE stands for “Collaborative Observatory for Natural [...]
Our friends at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology passed along this info on their terrific urban birds celebration:
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites city residents (from small towns, suburbs, and major cities) to “Celebrate Urban Birds!”
Watch birds for ten minutes in urban green spaces: balconies with potted plants, community gardens, tree-lined streets or large [...]
What’s the first thing to do when you feel an earthquake? Of course, it’s visit the USGS Earthquake Center online and see what they report about the magnitude and epicenter of the event! The site provides virtually real-time viewing of data from sensors around the world.
But it gets better — you can [...]
