Momentum’s Climate Change Observatory Network (CCON) is a Maine-based photo monitoring program designed to work with local communities to measure and document local climate change impacts. Using citizen science and collaborative partnerships, the CCON encourages community engagement in climate action. Momentum’s CCON is part of Chronolog’s Climate Change Observatory (CCO), an online platform that compiles and monitors crowd-sourced photos of sites internationally
Climate Change Observatory & The Climate Change Observatory Networks:
The Chronolog platform provides a public database that collects data from CCO projects. The program compiles photos into a timelapse to better understand local impacts of climate change. Momentum partners with local conservation organizations, schools, and landowners to host and maintain posts throughout Maine, forming the Climate Change Observatory Network (CCON). This overarching role to facilitate access to a larger network provides stakeholders with additional support, resources, and solutions to overcome challenges they may face when working on their own.
Daveis Sanctuary, Peaks Island, September 24, 2024
Maintained by Oceanside Conservation Trust
These sites play a significant role in monitoring the impacts of climate change & adaptation initiatives in Maine. Momentum’s CCON sites are helping to document:
- Sea level rise
- Flooding
- Coastal erosion
- Storm surge
- King tides
- Marsh migration
- Algal bloom
- Vegetation changes
- Invasive species
- Rewilding
- Land use change
- Living shorelines
- River restoration (i.e. dam removal)
- Other climate adaptation projects
How to use:
Become a citizen scientist today! The CCON encourages everyone to engage and relies on community participation. When you visit a site, follow these three simple steps:
- Put your mobile device on the bracket
- Take a photo
- Upload it to the Chronolog platform via email (No app required!)
Once you have uploaded it, Chronolog instantly integrates the photo into a time lapse video by stitching it together with other crowdsourced photos taken at the site. An automated response email is then sent back, with the time-lapse you contributed to along with additional site information.
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