[Chat] Fw: For association newsletters - please forward and distribute

Fri Jul 10 02:38:10 EDT 2009

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From: Katie Stofer 
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: For association newsletters - please forward and distribute

Hello! You are receiving this email as a contact for a neighborhood/residents association in Baltimore. The Maryland Science Center and the Baltimore Ecosystem Study are embarking on a new citizen science project that we hope you will publicize to your constituents. The project is seeking interested individuals and groups to help us study climate change in the Baltimore area through temperature measurements this October. I have formatted this for a newsletter; however, please feel free to modify as appropriate for your purposes. We appreciate your help in spreading the word. Please let me know if you have questions. Here's the article text:

Help Discover Climate Changes in Baltimore

The Maryland Science Center, in conjunction with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, is embarking on a new project involving everyday citizens studying indicators of climate change in Baltimore. With guidance from professional researchers, these projects will allow you to contribute to vital areas of ongoing study that affect us locally and globally that scientists can't obtain on their own. 

Communicating Climate Change (C3) participants will observe and record local phenomena that are indicative of climate change. We are currently signing up volunteers to participate in "temperature blast" events - timed temperature measurements within and around the Baltimore metro area to reveal temperature variations between cities and suburbs. Our first event will be Friday evening, October 2, from approximately 6:45pm to 8:00pm. We are looking for individuals or groups to take measurements at their home, school, place of worship, etc., at that time. 

In the spring and summer, citizen scientists can also monitor plant life cycle events, such as the first leaf or first flower to see how climate change affects the timing of these budbursts and other phases. We'll be studying flowering dogwood and forsythia in spring, and black-eyed susans in the summer. 

Any group or individual with interest in environmental issues or in becoming involved in scientific research is encouraged to participate. To learn more about these projects, please visit the project website: http://www.marylandsciencecenter.org/exhibits/c3.html - from there, you can join our citizen science email list for reminders and updates about the project. To sign up for the October 2 event (we'll let you know how to borrow or purchase the necessary temperature instruments), please email c3 at marylandsciencecenter.orgor call 410-545-5976.

We hope you will join us in these important studies to learn more about how Baltimore is changing as the world changes. 

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Kathryn Stofer

TerraLink Exhibit Manager

Maryland Science Center

601 Light Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230

ph: 410/545-5976

fax: 410/545-5974

http://www.marylandsciencecenter.org

Coming April 3 - Labor Day: Antarctic Writers and Artists Exhibition

Traveling Exhibit coming this May: CHINASAURS

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