Post by Charlie Blake and Josh Gifford During the pandemic lockdown period in 2020 when travel was restricted, the natural world experienced big changes. We saw beaches around the world become healthier because people visited them less. Animals began to frequent areas they had not been visiting in quite some time. Water around the world…
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Tracking Weather through Citizen Science!
In this digital age we have information at our fingertips…everything from the latest world news to the cutest cat video. Checking things like the daily weather is as quick and easy as picking up your phone without even getting out of bed. Most of this information comes from dedicated weather monitoring stations placed all around…
Can you Square this? A Public Archaeology Presentation
Want to learn more about archaeology? We’ve got a treat for you. Here is SIUE STEM Center graduate student, Clark Sturdevant, going over a few archaeological tricks of the trade. In this video you will learn why archaeologists dig, or excavate, in squares and what archaeologist learn when testing an archaeological site. You will also…
SIUE’s Martinez Selected for a National Fellowship
The STEM Center would like to congratulate our collaborator, Dr. Adriana Martinez! Dr. Martinez, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Departments of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences and Environmental Sciences, is one of 12 nationwide members selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of a two-year fellowship by the AGU LANDInG Academy…
Welcome to the Junior Research Academy!
Welcome to Junior Research Academy for the Environment where our student participants become Environmental Health Investigators! Where we live and what surrounds us constitutes our environment. In these spaces, there are things that affect our health. Examples include, smog from cars that causes air pollution can affect your breathing, and a loud noise may affect…