An ongoing citizen science project funded by SOS invites new participants to help measure seawater temperatures and spot thermal microclimates and marine heatwaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We talk about the weather all the time, but while we follow the sky closely, the \u201cweather\u201d in the sea largely remains unseen. In coastal areas, water temperature can vary dramatically over short distances due to factors such as depth, wind exposure, and circulation. Yet this fine\u2011scale variability is still poorly documented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through an ongoing citizen science project at \u00c5bo Akademi University, participants help reveal this hidden world by placing simple temperature loggers near their homes or summer houses, capturing the conditions marine life experiences at high resolution. Last year\u2019s pilot was a great success, with enthusiastic volunteers across the Archipelago Sea already providing valuable data. Building on this momentum, we are now expanding along the entire Finnish coast, including \u00c5land: this year\u2019s first logger was placed on May 2nd with the help of a 6\u2011year\u2011old citizen climate detective and the 40 loggers distributed so far already span from N\u00e4rpes in the north to Loviisa in the east. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, many areas are still not covered, and we warmly invite everyone to join by deploying a logger into the sea at a fixed structure (such as a pier or buoy) close to their home.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n