Archive for the 'Webcam Science' Category

Falcons raising family atop W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass

A pair o f Peregrine Falcons that have been nesting on the roof of W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst for the past ten years, now have their own live webcam. The nests of falcons, eagles and other birds of prey disappeared from the state following World War II because of the effect of [...]

All the volcano webcams of the world

These webcams are a mixed of government/agency-installed webcams using for scientific purposes, private webcams posted for tourism purposes and random webcams with no other purposes than to watch the volcano. The country name is linked to the main monitoring agency: Webcam Volcano

Polar bear webcam captures live images

Live webcam shows a polar bear in the remote wilds of the Canadian tundra streamed live to computers around the world through a new program that aims to document in real time the annual migration of hundreds of polar bears outside Churchill in Manitoba, Canada. Polar Bears webcam. There are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears [...]

Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth

The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth early Thursday. The massive cloud of charged particles could disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and GPS services, especially in northern areas. The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the most noticeable effects should arrive here between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. [...]

Siku, Polar Bear Cub, Featured On Live Webcam

Advocacy groups have set up a webcam to let viewers worldwide follow the development of a three-month-old polar bear cub in a Danish wildlife park. The camera by Bozeman-based Polar Bears International, the Scandinavian Wildlife Park and The Annenberg Foundation’s explore.org went live Monday to coincide with International Polar Bear Day. The camera streams for [...]

Bird Webcams

In the Usa the Parks and Open Space Department’s osprey webcam isn’t up and running yet, but you can check out a number of bird cams now that are run by Xcel Energy including one that keeps track of a great horned owl at Valmont Station in Boulder. To see Xcel’s webcams, which also track [...]

Sturgeon Webcam Reaches Worldwide Audience

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory near Cambridge is using an underwater webcam to show off a rare species of fish. “Atlantic sturgeon date back to the time of the dinosaurs, They date back to 150 to 200 million years ago so they’re a very ancient fish.” The webcam, which [...]

Webcams monitor campus around the world

Webcams have become a staple of this generation. Chatting with friends and family was only the beginning until webcams became a more functional piece of technology in the public spectrum. With the webcams in place, anyone with access to the Internet could see live webcam from campus.