Field interns split their time evenly between the banding and hawkwatch programs, and can expect to work with a large and dedicated group of volunteer
citizen scientists on a daily basis.
Its first customer, the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, used the company's new mobile app to collect information from
citizen scientists on sea turtles choking on plastic bags.
Two websites, Mars Trek and Experience Curiosity, can take
citizen scientists on a unique virtual journey.
Massimo Marengo, an Iowa State University associate professor of physics and astronomy, wondered when he saw all the buzz about the mysterious star found by
citizen scientists on the Planet Hunters website.
Not exact matches
One company, Nano Vision, is already operative
on a height that will concede every chairman or «global
citizen scientist,» as they say, to attend in creation serve advancements.
Debate
on how God can work in an evolutionary universe is unlikely to go away, since most
scientists reject the notion that God works in the world while nearly all
citizens accept it.
Based in large part
on data provided by Mass Audubon's
citizen scientists, the Eastern Whip - poor - will was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts.
Doug Taron, chief curator at the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, works with
citizen scientists through the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network in the process of collecting quantitative data
on butterfly populations.
We recommend that
scientists and
citizens step back from and reexamine these common culturally accepted practices and pay attention to potential life - time effects
on people.
Led by Dr. Chuck Knapp, vice president of conservation research at Shedd Aquarium, the team of
citizen scientists explored several cays
on Andros Island in search of adult and juvenile iguanas for the aquarium's mark - recapture studies.
It will engage
scientists, naturalists,
citizen scientists, and all visitors to learn about nature through active participation
on this ambitious conservation project.
As the full impact of an immigration directive issued by Trump
on 27 January took hold, blocking and stranding non-U.S.
citizen students and
scientists from seven countries from entering the United States for 90 days, AAAS CEO Rush Holt issued the following statement
on 28 January underscoring the necessity to keep the nation's doors open to
scientists and students from around the globe:
On June 29, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner sent a letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano that expressed concerns «over the recent indictments of six
scientists and a government official» because they «failed to alert the population of L'Aquila of an impending earthquake» despite the fact that there is «no accepted scientific method for earthquake prediction that can be reliably used to warn
citizens of impending disaster.»
Located in the heart of the nation's capital, the Program
on Science in the Public Interest promotes direct dialogue with the government, industry, and the community
on critical scientific issues and helps to develop the next generation of
citizen scientists.
While some
citizen science programs are modeled
on the idea that volunteers are strictly there to learn from professionals, Shirk said
citizen scientists also want to be part of a discovery and help gather data relevant to a problem that interests them in calling upon programs to embrace learning together.
All had been searching for like - minded
citizen scientists in New York City but had come up empty — at least until they logged
on to the DIYbio Google group for amateur biologists.
Instead, Bernier has headed up a series of award - winning projects that bring together average
citizens with
scientists and policymakers to reach joint recommendations
on vaccines, holding public dialogues across the country to break down boundaries between the experts and everybody else, literally putting multiple perspectives around a table.
«We can't see individual continents or people in this portrait of Earth, but this pale blue dot is a succinct summary of who we were
on July 19,» said Linda Spilker, Cassini project
scientist, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. «Cassini's picture reminds us how tiny our home planet is in the vastness of space, and also testifies to the ingenuity of the
citizens of this tiny planet to send a robotic spacecraft so far away from home to study Saturn and take a look - back photo of Earth.»
Or
citizen scientists can provide support directly to work being done at one of the locations listed
on their Web site.
Those limited resources mean that JunoCam's
scientists rely
on a small army of volunteer «
citizen scientists» using backyard telescopes to flag transient features in the Jovian atmosphere as «points of interest» for the instrument to observe.
The researchers relied
on observational data sets from
citizen scientists, people without the qualifications to be a
scientist who have chosen to observe and record patterns in nature.
But Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard professor of biology who is the father of sociobiology and the world's leading expert
on social insects, believes that the virtues which GCMA imbued him with were crucial to forming his character, as a
citizen and a
scientist.
And plenty of
scientist -
citizens joined the inaugural Women's March
on Washington in January and the annual People's Climate March (the 2017 one is scheduled for April 29, just a week after the March for Science).
Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 is a collaboration between NASA, UC Berkeley, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Arizona State University, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and Zooniverse, a collaboration of
scientists, software developers and educators who collectively develop and manage
citizen science projects
on the internet.
Over the past 5 years, IIASA researchers
on the Geo - Wiki project have been leading a team of
citizen scientists who examine satellite data to categorize land cover or identify places where people live and farm.
Illustrations are a large part of these printed pages, and researchers are calling
on citizen scientists to help identify, classify and correlate them via Zooniverse's Science Gossip project.
Not only will
citizen scientists add valuable information
on the extent of ground shaking and damage, but in the process USGS hopes
citizen scientists will learn more about how other communities fared and gain a greater understanding of the effects of earthquakes.
Trautwein is in the midst of a multi-year project sampling arthropods (and collecting mite samples) alongside
citizen scientists in homes
on all seven continents, exploring the overlooked life that shares our homes and bodies
on a daily basis.
The main interface plots Kepler's data
on a chart and asks the
citizen scientist questions about what they see, such as patterns or dips in light.
Five hundred
citizen scientists around the world have contributed data to a study of what goes
on inside the minds of their dogs.
In this history of seismology and its impact, Coen focuses
on the contributions of human observers —
citizens as well as
scientists.
With the help of
citizen scientists, researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder analyzed arthropod DNA found in 732 dust samples collected from interior door frames throughout the U.S. Amid their data
on many other species, the
scientists found that the eastern U.S. and the West Coast are dust - mite utopias, whereas much of the western interior may be a comparative desert.
One is that, while the U.S. has relied for decades
on non-U.S.
citizens to fill out its scientific workforce, the growing global competition for scientific talent makes our dependence
on foreign
scientists «an increasingly uncertain proposition.»
Last summer,
citizen scientists collected data
on Arctic beach litter, which is detailed in a new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Albeit the implementation details of the immigration ban into the United States, which applies to
citizens of Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Syria remain ambiguous, some of the initial consequences are already evident in the field of science: Numerous
scientists on global assignments were not granted entry into the United States.
K2 - 138 is the first exoplanet discovery by
citizen scientists participating in the Exoplanet Explorers project
on the Zooniverse platform.
While the Heath Hen and Passenger Pigeon de-extinction projects have begun to receive coverage in the press (see UnDark magazine «s piece
on resurrecting the heath hen and National Geographic
on reviving the passenger pigeon), the versatile uses of genomic technologies for avian conservation hasn't yet reached many professional and
citizen scientists working to save birds and their habitats.
Using data from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera
on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO),
citizen scientists are examining images of Mars» South Pole mapping the size and directions of seasonal fans.
Lately, Balzani's major focus has been his long - standing interest
on energy issues, chemical education, and
on the role of science in society as he has always maintained that
scientists have the great responsibility and duty to educate
citizens and to assist decision makers in finding solutions to pressing societal problems.
In an editorial
on January 5, 2012, the top scientific journal Nature calls
on climate
scientists to be «even more energetic in taking their message to
citizens.»
But we will reach an and involve much larger groups: Our results will find their way to the courses we teach and we will also build up a team of Other Earths Ambassadors —
citizen scientists excited by the search for life
on other planets and eager to contribute.
You'll also notice that there are eight
citizen scientists listed as co-authors
on the paper: Joseph R. Biggs, Milton Bosch, Katharina Doll, Hugo A. Durantini - Luca, Alexandru Enachioaie, Phillip Griffith, Sr., Michiharu Hyogo, and Fernanda Piniero.
Contribute to real Science
Citizen Science — List of projects
on the Planetary Society website Zooniverse, Galaxy Zoo — popular
citizen Science platforms Resources for
citizen scientists — tools for
citizen scientists from NASA
Members of the OAIE can share resources and engage in online discussions, and, in doing so, will enhance stakeholder interactions and build well - informed communities working to respond and adapt to ocean acidification.The OAIE invites anyone working
on ocean acidification to join, including but not limited to government, tribal, and academic research
scientists,
citizen scientists, experiential and formal educators, NGO employees, marine resources managers, policy makers, concerned
citizens, aquaculturists, people in the fishing industry, technology developers, and data managers.
There were nine talks
on citizen science and crowdsourcing, and Milton met with 16 different
scientists from all our scientific divisions at Goddard.
About Site - The Alzheimer's Association of Houston and Southeast Texas consists of families, caregivers,
scientists, health professionals, and concerned
citizens who are committed to finding a cure for Alzheimer's Disease and to easing the burden of Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders
on patients and their families and loved ones.
The prose in this volume will appeal more to the citation - enthralled political
scientist than to the informed
citizen, but the study itself brings together the best available evidence
on the consequences of mayoral efforts to reform big - city school systems.
While nothing is prescriptive, outcomes from Turning the Tide could include identifying creative ways to use new technology to mobilize «
citizen scientists»
on behalf of environmental research; or a commitment from business leaders in attendance to support a public education campaign advancing the «triple bottom line» model of economic, environmental and societal success.
This year, you'll travel to sites we're working to conserve, where you'll participate in
citizen scientist research, conservation service activities, or even go
on an overseas adventure.
The program relies
on «
citizen scientist» volunteers to do the counting.