Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research & Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) is a statewide initiative that helps libraries, educators, and individuals across Florida engage in public health and environmental science using real-world data tools and citizen science.
EMERGE stands for:
- Engage communities in monitoring mosquito habitats
- Magnify the impact of educators and libraries through training & resources
- Educate the public about mosquito-borne diseases & environmental change
- Research community-collected data to support science & policy
- Gather satellite imagery & mapping to understand environmental risk
- Evaluate participation through surveys, data tracking & feedback
Led by the Geospatial Digital Informatics (GeoDI) Lab at the University of Florida, EMERGE is supported by NASA and powered by public participation.
Through mobile tools like GLOBE Observer, participants help monitor mosquito breeding sites, classify land cover, and contribute data to global scientific efforts.
