Call for Observations:

Partial Solar Eclipse on 2025 March 29 – Measure the Solar Diameter during Solar Maximum.

Video observations of the contact times of the upcoming solar eclipse are needed for a study of the solar diameter.

Details:
https://call4obs.iota-es.de/2025-mar-29-partial-solar-eclipse-measure-the-solar-diameter-during-solar-maximum

#eclipse #sun #solareclipse #astronomy #citizenscience

🐿️ Während der Pandemie änderten #Eichhörnchen in #Berlin ihr Verhalten: Sie wurden aktiver – obwohl mehr Menschen zu Hause waren. Grund dafür waren laut Sinah Drenske von der #TUBerlin Bemühungen von Menschen, ihre Gärten wildtierfreundlicher zu gestalten, etwa mit ausreichend Versteckmöglichkeiten, lokalen Pflanzenarten und Futterstellen.

👉 https://www.tu.berlin/news/berichte/stadteichhoernchen-im-lockdown

#CitizenScience #Stadtnatur #wildlife #Wissenschaft

Für alle #eichhörnchen Fans und die, die Lust auf #citizenscience haben 😉

https://nabu-naturgucker.de/meldeportal/naturbeobachtungen-melden/eichhoernchen/

#naturfotografie

High levels of #ToxicChemicals found in #BrunswickMaine airport hangar #sewers

#CitizenPFAS monitoring revealed concerning levels of toxic chemicals in the sewer outfall of #Hangar6 in Brunswick, though a company hired to assess risk at the hangar said there is no leak of the toxic firefighting foams on the premises.

by Kristian Moravec, The Times Record
Posted February 4, 2025, Updated February 5

"A citizens group’s testing revealed that sewer water flowing from Hangar 6 at Brunswick’s airport has high levels of harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS.

"#FriendsOfMerrymeetingBay conducted testing on Nov. 26. The tests detected high levels of a particularly toxic #PFAS chemical compound known as #PFOS. The update comes the same day the owner of the hangar, the #MidcoastRegionalRedevelopmentAuthority, sent a letter to the town stating that tanks that stored the chemicals were not leaking.

"PFOS is a compound known to be harmful to human health and is found in high levels in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF). Brunswick Executive Airport’s Hangar 4, which is owned by the Navy but operated by MRRA, dumped 1,450 gallons of AFFF concentrate mixed with 50,000 gallons of water on Aug. 19, 2024.

"The spill prompted ongoing cleanup and monitoring efforts as well as a push to get rid of the foam at the airport. Concern has grown around Hangar 6, which some have speculated is leaking harmful chemicals based on the testing data around the airport that Friends of Merrymeeting Bay has collected over the years. The sewage that flows out of Hangar 6, which is not treated for PFAS, ultimately flows into the #AndroscogginRiver."

Original article:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/04/high-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-found-in-brunswick-airport-hangar-sewers/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/LlHx1

#CitizenScience #WaterIsLife #CascoBay #PFASContamination #BrunswickMaine #EnvironmentalDamage #ManMadeDisasters #WaterIsLife #PFAS #AndroscogginRiver #PFASContamination #AFFF #PFOS #PicnicPond #Site8Stream #MereBrook #MerriconeagStream #CascoBay #HarpswellCove #Wildlife #OceansAreLife #PFASPollution #BrunswickNavalAirStation #BrunswickStation #Maine #FirefightingFoam #OceansAreLife

Die neuen #Abzeichen sind jetzt ausgerollt! Wer sie noch nicht sieht, macht bitte eine Pflanzenbestimmung, dann werden die Abzeichen neu geladen.

Viel Spaß beim Sammeln!

Wer keine Lust auf Abzeichen sammeln hat, darf das einfach ignorieren :)

#FloraIncognita #Gamification #Botanik #CommunityScience #CitizenScience #natur #wasblühtdennda #pflanzenbestimmen #welchehashtagskönntihrempfehlen #feierabend

First NASA Neurodiversity Network Intern to Present at the American Geophysical Union Annual Conference https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/first-nasa-neurodiversity-network-intern-to-present-at-the-american-geophysical-union-annual-conference/ #NASA #CitizenScience #Heliophysics #PlanetaryGeosciencesGeophysics #ScienceActivation

Hey friends, Do you want to help with scientific research?
The University of Colorado Boulder needs people to help transcribe bee information from photographs of their collection. You look at a picture and type out any of the written information in the bee's label.

If you've got a few free minutes, give it a whirl! Even just doing 1 or 2 will help

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/md68135/notes-from-nature-big-bee-bonanza/classify

#CitizenScience #Research #AcademicChatter #Bees #Entomology #ClimateChange

Hobbyist archaeologists identify thousands of ancient sites in England - https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/27/hobbyist-archaeologists-identify-thousands-of-ancient-sites-in-england-deep-time-digventures-national-trust "Bronze age remains and Roman roads among 12,802 sites discovered using latest technology" great stuff #CitizenScience