{"id":4991,"date":"2021-09-29T10:02:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:31:57","slug":"ebird-9-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/ebird-9-12\/","title":{"rendered":"eBird Explorers: Monitoring Our Changing World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-477d94bd-fe9e-440e-be2f-a9c94a8059da\">Explore human impacts on our local and global environment through participatory science!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\" id=\"block-cdc9efed-4bfb-4218-94ca-86b2d8259879\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1660\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover-1280x1660.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10042 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover-1280x1660.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover-720x934.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover-480x623.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eBird-Explorers-9-12-Cover.jpg 1482w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/1660;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Participatory science empowers young people to observe their world and share their findings with scientists tackling real world issues. <em>eBird Explorers: Monitoring Our Changing World<\/em> uses the eBird participatory science project to help us understand human impacts on bird populations both locally and globally. 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