"Citizen science" refers to a collaborative approach where everyday individuals contribute to scientific research. It involves ordinary people, like you and me, helping scientists by collecting data, conducting experiments, or analyzing information. It allows the general public to actively participate in scientific discoveries and contribute to solving important questions and challenges.
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I was able to carry out this research thanks to a long tradition
of citizen science in the county.
In citizen science, the public participates voluntarily in the scientific process, addressing real - world problems.
Learn about the seasonal birds that call our beaches home while contributing to one of our important
citizen science programs.
Our consortium of partners is creating opportunities
for citizen science, real - time data collection, operation of monitoring technologies, and more.
Its mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and
citizen science focused on birds.
One of her passions is engaging underrepresented minority students in science and sustainability
using citizen science.
The use of remote sensing and other technology,
including citizen science, can revolutionize our understanding of air pollution and policies to address it.
We have volunteer and
citizen science opportunities around the state, from trail maintenance and visitor services to wildlife monitoring and beyond.
It could be a great way to
utilize citizen science, while the users don't have to do much of anything except take a few great shots of interesting plants.
We offer a wide range of 1 - 4 hour nature education programs,
citizen science adventures, and training workshops as well as several larger public events each year.
We urge future use of consistent terminology and acknowledgement to facilitate tracking the impact of
citizen science across numerous disciplines.
Examples include websites offering identification keys, news stories, blogs, as well as education and
citizen science resources.
«It definitely opened my mind» to
incorporating citizen science into her research — and gave her the tools and network to make it happen, she adds.
We've also teamed up with a number of partner organisations on some large -
scale citizen science projects.
Finally, I
compare citizen science to more traditional research approaches using a few companion animal projects as a guide.
Nonetheless there are multiple data rescue projects and
citizen science efforts ongoing, some of which we have highlighted here before.
She has traveled to all seven continents, and is an advocate
for citizen science, the environment, and getting out of one's comfort zone.
Its mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and
citizen science focused on birds.
Our team of
citizen science volunteers at Skeptical Science has published a new survey in the journal Environmental Research Letters of over 12,000 peer - reviewed climate science papers, as the Guardian reports today.
Examples of this shift include the familiar social media and social networking sites, like Twitter and Facebook, many people use on a daily basis as well as the likes of Wikipedia and other collaborative ventures, such
as citizen science projects.
Contributing to the wider learning community
through citizen science projects with Project Noah, and engaging in conversation with others outside the school environment through VoiceThread and blogging
To better understand the reliability of datasets collected
by citizen science initiatives, researchers in this study compared reef shark sightings counted by experienced dive guides (citizen scientists), with data collected from tagged reef sharks by an automated tracking tool (acoustic telemetry).
One section, for example, describes Stanford University ornithologist Terry Roots» climate change research, which uses
citizen science data from Cornell and elsewhere to study shifts in bird migrations.
The
online citizen science group Planet Hunters was established so that volunteers could help to classify light curves from the Kepler mission and to search for such planets.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is collecting and compiling whale sightings data
from citizen science, industry, sanctuaries, and others along the entire west coast.
DISCOVER Magazine is partnering with Instructables and SciStarter, an online
citizen science community, to solve real problems facing researchers.
«The coupling of
citizen science approaches with global collaborations among researchers will provide the scale of information required to address some of the complex ecological questions that remain unanswered,» Roy says, explaining what the future holds for research related to the harlequin ladybird.
«It would have taken our researchers 18 months to do what citizen scientists did in just three months,» says Amy Carton,
citizen science lead at Cancer Research UK.
Lesley and Mount Auburn Cemetery collaborate to create a model of
citizen science research and education in an urban nature preserve.
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