GLOBE Observer Land Cover is a citizen science app that verifies and contributes to satellite imagery. GLOBE Observer Land Cover helps scientists improve the different kinds of maps they make with satellite imagery. On the most detailed satellite-based maps, each pixel is about 330 feet by 330 feet. This means small areas such as city…
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Citizen Science: Small Step towards Understanding the Planet
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Jannatul Ferdous As a young graduate student pursuing my master’s degree in environmental sciences at SIUE, my ideas for the potential careers I could pursue upon graduation are endless. I sometimes think I would thrive as an entrepreneur—I have a number of ideas that might work in…
Protecting Soils: A Small Step toward Protecting the Environment
Today’s blog is brought to you by Jannatul Ferdous. The more I learn about nature, the more I am humbled by its diversity. Many people may not care about the components of nature like trees, birds, plants, soil, air, and water. But, people are a component of nature and the health of trees, birds, plants,…
A Citizen Science App Worth Checking Out!
Today’s blog is brought to you by Christine Favilla During the spring semester, the SIUE STEM Center was offering an after-school program, called Y-CITYSCI, for middle school students at one of our local schools. The students had already learned about online citizen science apps, as well as air, water, and soil pollution. In mid-March, the…