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Girl Scouts: Citizen Scientists

October 14, 2022October 13, 2022 Science Connectedcitizen science, climate change, trees

The Girl Scouts have made trees a big part of their citizen science efforts. Read on for ways you can participate—scout or not!

Engineering Environment New Technologies Renewable Energy Sustainable Living

Renewable Energy Sources FAQ

September 30, 2022September 22, 2022 Science Connectedclimate change, environment, renewable energy

Renewable energy sources include wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power. In the battle for renewable energy, which will come out on top? Which do you want?

Image showing wheat sprouts, the green one on the right pretreated with ethanol to help survive droughts and the withered one on the left untreated.

Botany Climate Change

Ethanol May Help Crops Survive Droughts

September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 Science Connectedagriculture, biochemistry, botany, climate change, drought

Droughts can wreak havoc on food supply and crop production, but a new study shows that ethanol can help crops survive.

Many fishes swimming above corals. Photo credit: NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection, Bonaire 2008: Exploring Coral Reef Sustainability with New Technologies.; NOAA/OAR/OER

Biodiversity and Conservation Climate Change Marine and Freshwater Biology

Can Coral Reefs Escape to the Deep?

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Science Connectedclimate change, coral reefs, marine life, ocean

Many of the harms done by climate change and overfishing are worst near the surface. Could coral reefs relocate deeper to escape them?

Pikas spend the summer gathering grasses and wildflowers to store for winter food. When summer temperatures are too high, the pikas can’t forage. (Photo by Chris Ray)

Climate Change Environment Zoology

Climate Change Threatens California Pikas

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 Science Connectedanimals, climate change, environment, extinction, pikas

The beloved American pika is losing its habitat. These little animals could loose 75 percent of their range quite soon to climate change.

Biology Climate Change Oceanography SciStarter Blog

Citizen Scientists Study Phytoplankton in Antarctica

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Science Connectedantarctica, citizen science, climate change, phytoplankton

Travelers with FjordPhyto sample phytoplankton in Antarctica, helping scientists learn how this fertile ocean region is changing.

Satellite image of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (NASA)

Environment

Exploring Antarctica with Photography

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Science Connectedantarctica, climate change, environment

At a remote Antarctic outpost, cameras capture time-lapse images of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctica shows climate change.

Oysters, clams, and mussels in Oregon and Washington are showing the effects of ocean acidification (Oregon State University)

Environment Oceanography

Shellfish Threatened by Ocean Acidification

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Science Connectedclimate change, earth science, environment, marine biology, oceanography

Ocean acidification is killing young oysters, clams, and mussels in U.S. coastal regions that depend on these shellfish. Find out why.

Citizen Science SciStarter Blog

Four Ways (in One App) to Help NASA Study the Earth

December 10, 2021June 15, 2022 Science Connectedcitizen science projects, climate change, environment

Would you like to help scientists study the Earth and the ways in which our planet is changing? There’s an app for that.

Ebbs and Floes: Watching Melting Ice in the Arctic

Climate Change Environment

Ebbs and Floes: Watching the Arctic Ice Melt

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Science Connectedarctic, climate change, climate science, ice

Watching Arctic Ice Melt: Researchers photographed large ponds of meltwater sitting on the Arctic ice to track climate change.