I got an email today from one of the citizen science projects.

"The project data is currently being used by the UN Logistics Cluster in planning meetings, when organising humanitarian aid routes. Understanding where the wadis are located helps those on the ground to plan the most effective routes, and anticipate locations of flooding for the rainy season, beginning in June. This data is extremely helpful to gain an understanding of the most effective route for these long journeys, thus saving time and costly fuel.

For now, this project has ended. However, we are working in the background to prepare future Planetary Response Network projects and will make sure to keep you updated!

If you are in distress and need or want support, here is a list of international crisis support hotlines so you can get support wherever you are in the world.

Thanks,
Alice and the Planetary Response Network team"

Profound sort of feeling.

#CitizenScience #Sudan #UnitedNations #Humanitarian #PlanetaryResponseNetwork #Zooniverse

To distinguish between "normal" and anomalous surface temperatures in Calgary in 2025, I applied Tukey’s method. The statistical distribution shows a negative skewness (coefficient ≈−0.59).

This highlights a critical phenomenon: the vast majority of the urban area is densely clustered in the warmer temperature range. In contrast, cool refuges (the rivers, reservoir, and dense parks) are statistically scarce, forming a long "tail" on the left side of the plot. In essence, Calgary’s baseline is shifted toward higher temperatures, making Urban Cool Islands a rare and vital resource.

I would like to remind my readers and followers that I am currently preparing a comprehensive article based on these research results. In it, I will explore the ecological and geochemical implications of this thermal distribution. Stay tuned for further updates!

#YYC #Calgary #ClimateResilience #UrbanHeatIsland #DataAnalytics #RemoteSensing #Landsat #OpenData #CitizenScience #LST #ClimateOfCalgary #Landsat #Rstats

Mitmachen ist leicht.Man braucht nur ein Gerät, mit dem man ein Foto machen kann:Smartphone oder digitale Kamera.Dann geht man auf #Hummel suche und fotografiert sie.Dann lädt man das Foto entweder auf der Partnerplattform hoch,nennt sich Observation. Das ist eine internationale Plattform, wo #Biodiversität sdaten gesammelt werden.Wenn man mit Handy teilnimmt,ist das auch einfach. Es gibt eine App, in der man das Foto hochladen kann
#HummelChallenge #CitizenScience

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/auf-jagd-nach-hummeln-wissenschaftler-starten-challenge,hummeln-108.html    

In a recent SETI Live conversation, SETI Institute Citizen Science Director Dr. Franck Marchis and SETI Institute researcher Dr. Lauren Sgro highlighted the Unistellar network’s rapid growth. In 2025 alone, observers contributed more than 15,000 astronomical observations, representing a roughly 50% increase over 2024.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/unistellar-and-citizen-science-part-8/

#space #science #citizenscience

📡 Are we searching for aliens wrong? Ben Zuckerman proposes a radical SETI shift in a new Astrophysical Journal paper: instead of the narrow 1.4 GHz band, search the full 1–100 GHz range plus infrared. Existing astronomical surveys may have captured more relevant data than dedicated SETI programs. The infrared remains a huge unknown.

📅 March 2026
🔗 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/why-conventional-seti-needs-a-major-refocus
#RadioAstronomy #Science #CitizenScience #Space

Just attended the training provided by the Tyne Rivers Trust to undertake regular river water quality recording and chemical analysis at one of twelve locations on the River Ouseburn in Newcastle. Tests include temperature, conductivity, turbidity, phosphate, nitrate, nitrite and ammonia. Sampling and testing kit were provided to each of the 12 participants.

#tyne #waterquality #pollution #rivers #citizenscience #ouseburn #newcastle