Capturing King Tides Through Citizen Science
Since 2010 the California King Tides Initiative has been documenting king tide events through photography—presenting a very real picture of rising sea levels. This year, the project has expanded to...
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The Phenology Project
The California Phenology Project's citizen scientists are studying changes in plant life cycles to better understand local climate change impacts.
Volunteers Stick to it at Suisun Marsh
On a 21-foot aluminum boat floating in Suisun Marsh, Amanda Schwabe heaves up the otter trawl as Cesar Morales coils the rope on deck. When Schwabe brings up the net,...
Blitzers Search for SOD
A project out of UC Berkeley recruits citizen scientists to help track the spread of sudden oak death. They do it every spring, and the more people take part, the...
Gearing Up for the Great Bee Count
For the third year in a row, San Francisco State University Professor Gretchen LeBuhn is helping thousands of people pitch in on a major research effort to count bees all...
Coe’s Fire Followers
The 2007 Lick Fire was a firestorm that consumed 47,000 acres, most of it in Henry W. Coe State Park, east of Gilroy. Just days after the fire, park volunteers...
