Last week, our YCITYSCI students attended our first session after our winter break! During the session, students reviewed the topics of air and noise pollution and land cover change as well as learned about environmental science and how our environment affects us. When the session ended, a student asked if they could prevent pollution. Another…
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Tea Bag Index
Tea Bag Index is a citizen science app that allows people to easily collect observational data about soil. The app’s interface is user friendly and allows everyone, not just scientists, to learn more about soil organic matter content and decomposition. How to use the app Soil decomposition rate can be measured by burying a tea…
Loss of the Night
Loss of the Night is a citizen science app that people can use to estimate how many stars they see, and by extension, how bright the night sky is. The goal of the project is to track changes in artificial sky brightness, or light pollution, in urban areas over the long term. The app’s interface…
GLOBE Observer Land Cover
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…