The USA-NPN's Gridded Spring Indices, developed in partnership with Cornell University using long-term lilac data from the National Phenology Databse, are highlighted in the new website Whenology. The website uses dynamic visualizations to show how the timing of plant and animal phenology is changing.
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USA-NPN's Spring Indices Featured on new Whenology websiteFriday, July 10, 2015
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USA-NPN Highlighted in US Global Change Research Program Annual ReportTuesday, June 2, 2015
The USA-NPN's Start of Spring Indicator was recently highlighted in the USGCRP annual report, Our Changing Planet. The report also highlights the very early spring of 2012 and citizen science's constibutions to the field of global change research.
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NATIONAL POLLINATOR HEALTH STRATEGY RELEASEDWednesday, May 20, 2015
The USA-NPN is proud to be a part of the National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators, just released by the interagency task force charged with this effort. The Strategy outlines needs and actions to better understand pollinator losses and improve pollinator health, and highlights citizen science, the USA-NPN's phenology monitoring protocols, and our collaboration with the US Fish & Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System.
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“Start of Spring” among 14 indicators released by USGCRPTuesday, May 5, 2015
The US Global Change and Research Program released the first 14 indicators of climate change on Wednesday, May 5, 2015. Among these is the Start of Spring indicator, which reflects the accumulation of heat sufficient to initiate leafing and flowering in temperature-sensitive plants. The Start of Spring indicator is calculated and validated using data and models curated by the USA-NPN, including observations of plant leaf-out and flowering collected via Nature’s Notebook.
The Indicator will aid resource managers with issues such as invasive species, migratory animals, pollinators and their resource plants, disease vectors, and fire seasons. This product is critical to understanding and forecasting landscape change, serves as a model framework for other national monitoring programs, and is already being used by both Refuges and National Parks. USA National Phenology Network partners and staff members provided significant input to the USGCRP to support the development of a start of spring indicator.
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Nature's Notebook featured on PBS's SciGirlsThursday, April 23, 2015
A brand-new season of the Emmy-winning show, SciGirls, debuts on PBS KIDS and online at pbskids.org/scigirls. In six episodes, middle school girls and their mentors participate in several citizen science projects, including Nature'sNotebook! Watch the Flower Power Episode.