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April 26, 2007
Project Budburst
Phenology is the study of when things happen in nature...what day of year do flowers of a specific tree begin to bloom, or when do the swallows return. Long term phenology studies may be the best source of evidence for climate change.
Project Budburst has launched a 2007 pilot citizen science project to collect phenology data. You can monitor local native plants and report on their progress. It looks like maps will be available of the aggregate data, which will be interesting. This can be a really rewarding activity; Steve and I started noting dates of events in a "perpetual" journal a couple of years ago, and though it will take time for any real trends to show up, it's fun to note variations in dates year to year.
They're part of the US National Phenology Network. It looks like they have an interesting page of links to other projecdts, too.
Thanks for the tip, Felicia!
Posted by terrie at April 26, 2007 05:45 AM
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