The King Tides Project is a fun way to explore your community, while supporting scientists and decision makers to plan for future sea level rise.
There is also an opportunity to connect with participants and organizers around the world.
There are three ways you can participate in the King Tides Project:
1. Take photos during a king tide and upload them to your favorite social media site, tagged with #kingtides.
The King Tides Project is meant to raise awareness of the issue of sea level rise due to climate change. By sharing on twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Flickr, and including the hashtag #kingtides or #kingtidesproject, you are helping to connect your followers to the project.
Ideally, you will also include some information, or metadata, about the image, such as:
- Location
- Direction the camera is pointing (W,N,E,S)
- Time
- Subject in photo
- Also, if posting to Flickr, please do licence your images as creative commons, so that our network can use and share them.
To increase your chances at getting some royal shots, learn how to plan your shoot.
2. Find a project near you and join in the activities planned.
Organizers provide their communities with local information, such as high tide times, and unique activities. Check to see if there is one near you on the map:
3. Join the King Tides Project as an organizer.
Sea level rise is a global phenomenon and we are seeking to document and educate every coastline! We still have a long way to go, and we welcome new project organizers.
Check out some example King Tides Projects and consider organizing an event or an ongoing initiative in your area. Once you have a project to announce, add it to our global map of projects using this form: