Tag Archives: trees

Results from tree outlining

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Margaret Kosmala

In Season Spotter Image Marking, one of the tasks we ask you to do is to outline individual trees and tell us if they are broadleaf trees or needle-leaf ones. It’s easier to see different trees at different times of … Continue reading →

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Jungle Rhythms: find the rhythm of tropical trees

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Koen Hufkens

This week I launched a new Zooniverse project, Jungle Rhythms, that aims to digitize thousands of pages of detailed historical observations of the life cycle of trees in Africa. Belgian scientists were stationed at the Yangambi Research Station in what … Continue reading →

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Indications of spring

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Margaret Kosmala

In 1789, British naturalist Robert Marsham published a chart in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society called “Indications of spring.” In this chart he lists the first day of the year on which he noticed particular events at his … Continue reading →