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#EarthDay 2024: NOAA ships, marine plastics, a fun little quiz and more

April 2, 2024

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Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

NOAA seeks applications for 2024 urban heat island initiative

December 19, 2023

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citizen science

Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

A screenshot of a web page dashboard that displays multiple types of data visualizations including rain gauge graphs filled with water, observation counts, and monthly calendars that visualize data collection over the years.

New CoCoRaHS Data Explorer gives volunteers an easier, more in-depth way to view data

October 12, 2023

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A screenshot of a web page dashboard that displays multiple types of data visualizations including rain gauge graphs filled with water, observation counts, and monthly calendars that visualize data collection over the years.

A grid of six photos. Top row, left to right: Two people stand on a beach holding measuring sticks, a shark swimming through the water, and two people sitting in front of a microscope. Bottom row, left to right: Whales surface to feed, a person smiling at the camera, and a sea bird starting its flight from the water.

Citizen scientists help NOAA keep up with ‘changing tides’

June 7, 2023

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citizen science

A grid of six photos. Top row, left to right: Two people stand on a beach holding measuring sticks, a shark swimming through the water, and two people sitting in front of a microscope. Bottom row, left to right: Whales surface to feed, a person smiling at the camera, and a sea bird starting its flight from the water.

Thin sections of portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Eunice Newton Foote lined up next to each other.

5 citizen scientists of the 18th and 19th centuries

April 19, 2023

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Heritage stories

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greenhouse gases

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Thin sections of portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Eunice Newton Foote lined up next to each other.

Marist College and Poughkeepsie High School students check a net for migrating juvenile American eels on the Fall Kill Creek on New York's Hudson River estuary.

Citizen scientists wanted: Put your powers of observation into action

April 13, 2023

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citizen science

Marist College and Poughkeepsie High School students check a net for migrating juvenile American eels on the Fall Kill Creek on New York's Hudson River estuary.

Photo showing Jayla Gardner snaps a photo of herself, Jacqueline Jones and Jaden Gardner next to the car with a heat sensor attached to it that they used to gather heat data in Philadelphia as part of the NOAA-supported 2022 Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign.

NOAA, communities to map heat inequities in 14 states, 1 international city

April 4, 2023

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citizen science

Photo showing Jayla Gardner snaps a photo of herself, Jacqueline Jones and Jaden Gardner next to the car with a heat sensor attached to it that they used to gather heat data in Philadelphia as part of the NOAA-supported 2022 Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign.

A collage of images, including a teen standing in a stream wearing hip waters and giving a thumbs-up, a horseshoe crab, four green sea turtles on a beach, and a person standing in front of a large outdoor sign that says "Aloha."

Meet the remarkable volunteers behind NOAA's citizen science

April 3, 2023

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citizen science

A collage of images, including a teen standing in a stream wearing hip waters and giving a thumbs-up, a horseshoe crab, four green sea turtles on a beach, and a person standing in front of a large outdoor sign that says "Aloha."

A doodled graphic of a hand holding a heart above the Earth, which has a piggy bank slot on it. The Earth has the text “Happy Earth Day” on it and is surrounded by drawings of nature including hills, forests, mountains, and the ocean as well as the text “Invest in Our Planet.”

#EarthDay: Invest in our changing planet now to secure a more livable future

April 16, 2023

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Climate-Ready Nation

citizen science

climate science

A doodled graphic of a hand holding a heart above the Earth, which has a piggy bank slot on it. The Earth has the text “Happy Earth Day” on it and is surrounded by drawings of nature including hills, forests, mountains, and the ocean as well as the text “Invest in Our Planet.”

A drop of water with text to the left that says "World Water Day March 22"

#WorldWaterDay: Taking action to protect this fragile natural resource

March 22, 2023

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

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