Just stumbled across a great App of @geodepartment.mastodon.online
Have you encountered changes in the alpine environment: glacier retreat, land slides, vegetation change etc.? Bring them into context to uncover historical changes and report them at https://myalpics.com

Alles echt, alles wild – mitten in der Stadt.

Warum solltest Du bei der #Krautschau mitmachen?
Weil #Stadtnatur mehr ist als grauer Beton.
Weil #Artenkenntnis nicht von allein kommt.
Und weil es einfach Freude macht, Pflanzen zu entdecken – zwischen Pflastersteinen und Mauerritzen.

Our webpage with calls for observations of stellar occultations by asteroids across Europe was updated today.

Occultations by main-belt asteroids, suspected binary asteroids, slow-rotators and even by a comet are now listed until June 15.
Events with four or more announced stations are added. These coverages promise good shadow profiles.

Plan your own observation now.

https://call4obs.iota-es.de/

#LostBones #FossilFriday The hunt for Pleistocene horses in continues. A recent visit to the Jackson County Historical Society revealed a horse mandible, teeth, and femur, but they have been radiocarbon dated to less than ~200 BP. The specimens were part of a 2015 study by Gustavus Adolphus College and Bates College. Over 800 bones, primarily bison, from 200 to 1000 years BP were catalogued.

https://www.jchsmn.org
https://medium.com/@dbrake40

READ AND ENDORSE THE NEWLY PUBLISHED POSITION PAPER ON "CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE"
#Citizenscience needs dedicated funding to succeed. Join us in advocating for more impactful citizen science in the upcoming European Framework Programme.
https://citizensciencefp10.eu/

@EUCommission

It's that time of the year again. I'm going to need two of you in Oz or NZ to step up.

Flutracker, run out of the University of Newcastle, is looking for more participants. Now more than ever we need this kind of community sourced data. If you want to stick it to those who are undercutting science, this is one way.

Flutracker is one email a week which takes me fifteen seconds. (They say thirty seconds. I guess, if you type slow or had an eventful week.)

https://info.flutracking.net/

This week’s CMOR photo is from Chilton County, Alabama.

“Areas that are normally wet in the spring are DRY. The first 4 months of this year we have only had 19.2” vs 27.7” last year… We had to feed hay deeper into spring due to lack of ryegrass growth and have started supplementing our calves a month early to make up for grass that’s not available.”

Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought

Welcome to ThrasherQuest 2025!

Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.

Head into the field in Quest of Thrashers as part of our new #communityscience program, and/or join in the Friends of Avi Kwa Ame fundraiser. THANK YOU for your support!

https://www.gbbo.org/thrasherquest-2025

#CitizenScience in the 1930s: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.72.1857.x.s

In case you missed it, this post on 'The Critical Role of U.S. Federal Funding in Zooniverse' is a great overview of Zooniverse's contribution to participatory research infrastructure https://blog.zooniverse.org/2025/04/30/the-critical-role-of-u-s-federal-funding-in-zooniverse/