Lives look different right now. It is important to acknowledge the nature of what is happening around the world. Many people are sick and dying. Many people are risking their lives to keep others healthy and safe. Many people are struggling to meet their basic needs. None of these realities are new, are they are […]
Songs of Adaptation, a project of Future Generations University, has several different facets. Those of you who have been following us see content about birds, bioacoustics, climate change, community engagement, and the mention of Artificial Intelligence or AI. The term AI may conjure images of robot apocalypse or computers who win Jeopardy. In contrast, the […]
On March 28th, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal hosted Earth Hour Nepal. It was a virtual event to bring Nepalese communities, organizations working in Nepal, and people around the world together to think about actions they are taking in the face of climate change. One part of the day was an hour in which participants […]
Imagine a world where local communities are engaged in climate science. Imagine people were supported to take the job of climate change adaptation into their own hands. What if bioacoustics could shift the enormity of the climate crisis down to the community level? The connection between bioacoustics and climate change can be viewed in many […]
Hello! My name is Daniel Farmer, and I am a new member of the Songs of Adaptation team. As I transition into this position, I find myself continuously working to better explain who we are and what we do. As we move into a new year and a new decade, I want to help clarify […]
The quiet, wintery months seem a distant memory in the vibrant Chesapeake estuary. The Songs of Adaptation team has research stations consistently recording in many locations around the watershed. The presence of so many vocalizing species is both exciting and daunting for the research team. The team is using local knowledge with the recorded bioacoustic […]
The Songs Of Adaptation team has officially received a two-year extension of research permits in Nepal. The biomeridian installation and monitoring continues in the Barun Valley, at the base of Mount Everest. Pictured here, a team member checks instrumentation at one of the stations along the transect. The biomeridian in Nepal stretches from tropical climates, […]
In March, Songs of Adaptation established a new research location in Bolivia. Working together with new local partners, team members designed and carried out an installation that incudes four monitoring stations in different habitats. This study design relies on local community partners to collect and transfer data. Left to right: Luciano, Alejo, Shane, and Rommel are […]
At the northernmost tip of the largest estuary in the world, there is a forested peninsula that is shaped like the head of an elk. This strangely diverse land, called Elk Neck, acts not only as a natural sanctuary in a developed area that offers year-round habitat, but it also acts as a major flyway […]
The Biomeridian Team has been working hard to install automated monitoring stations in North America. On September 19th, the first of many stations that will make up a research network along the Chesapeake Bay Watershed was installed in North East Maryland with cooperation from NorthBay Education. Pictured above, Oliver Lippy, a NorthBay Environmental Educator, checks […]
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