Monitoring and Protecting Trees

29/12/2023 12 min

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Episode Synopsis

Help NASA measure Earth's tree canopy with GLOBE Observer: Trees; sleuth out endangered trees for TreeSnap; learn how cleaner fish support reef ecosystems; and see why NASA is sending cat videos through millions of miles of space. All that and more on this episode of Citizen Science: Stories of Science We Can Do Together!
Projects featured in this episode:
TreeSnap 
GLOBE Observer: Trees 
Enviro Champs 
Genius Dog Challenge 
Reef Life Survey 
Image Credits:
Redwood cover pic via Flickr Creative Commons Public Domain Jeff Balland
Night Trees via Flickr Creative Commons Public Domain Marcos Lomba
Tall Pine, via Flickr Creative Commons Public Domain Alan Levine
Aspen Trees, via Flickr Creative Commons Public Domain Thepixiesdidit
Dragonfly Larva, via Flickr Creative Commons Public Domain Nyffy
Water Strider, via Flickr Creative Commons Public Domain Andrew Hazen
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse photo Brian Gratwicke via Flickr Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
A Giant Moray Eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with cleanerfish. North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea Richard Ling https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Striped Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula). North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea Richard Ling https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
A pair of Striped Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Fly Point, Port Stephens, NSW Richard Ling https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Taters Video Footage courtesy NASA/JPL
Reef video footage courtesy José Ricardo Paula
Podcast Theme, by Kevin Hartnell
Additional music, via Free Music Archive:
Jason Shaw, Glitch 
Jangwa, Hurry Hurry 
The Joy Drops, Roll Jordan Roll, Bass Bumper 
The Joy Drops, Roll Jordan Roll, Trumpet Blast 
Gagmesharkoff, The Confluence 
Steve Combs, Pharmacy Party 
Steve Combs, Mess