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SIU professor leads citizen-science project to listen to nature during eclipse

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Brad Palmer
Published April 1, 2024 at 9:38 AM CDT
Brent Pease, assistant professor in the forestry program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, works with Rebecca Ducay, a graduate research assistant, to hang a nature listening device.
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Brent Pease, assistant professor in the forestry program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, works with Rebecca Ducay, a graduate research assistant, to hang a nature listening device. Pease is partnering with the Eclipse Soundscapes project, a citizen-science effort using volunteers to strategically place 100 sound recording instruments around the area to listen in on nature before, during and after the total solar eclipse April 8.

WSIU's Brad Palmer speaks with Brent Pease, assistant professor in the forestry program, who is partnering with the Eclipse Soundscapes project.

The citizen-science effort at SIU, part of a larger NASA grant to another agency, will use volunteers to strategically place 100 sound recording instruments around the area to listen in on nature before, during and after the total solar eclipse.
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