Sentences with phrase «value of a citizen science»

Co-author Dr Helen Roy from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said, «This study demonstrates the value of a citizen science approach for tracking an invasive alien species in both space and time and understanding how environmental conditions may exacerbate spread.»

Continued assessment of the value of citizen science in other areas of research could help increase overall public participation as well as identify new frontiers in multiple research fields and improve the interdisciplinary practice of citizen science.

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«We know that citizen science projects place huge value on volunteers because the combined «wisdom of crowds» achieves so much.

The work of the 2.3 million volunteer citizen scientists who contribute to biodiversity research have an economic value of up to $ 2.5 billion per year, said Jennifer Gustetic, assistant director for open innovation in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.

«This is a great example of the value citizen science data, and we appreciate the focus on the changing conditions in Buzzards Bay,» he said.

«Leveraging a digital control mechanism means we can give value to the millions of observations collected by volunteers» and «it allows a new kind of science where citizens can directly contribute to the analysis of global challenges like climate change» say Hamed Mehdipoor and Dr. Raul Zurita - Milla, who work at the Geo - Information Processing department of ITC.

If policymakers and citizens don't recognize the role that science now plays in modern everyday life, and the value of scientific evidence to help us make better public decisions, research and innovation will not thrive.

Here now again, all of humanity rests on the razor's edge — Big Science encourages all citizens to resist the sizzle of fresh tenderloin and mass destruction on July 13th, no matter the phenomenal value.

In one study, he and his colleagues packaged the basic science of climate change into fake newspaper articles bearing two very different headlines --» Scientific Panel Recommends Anti-Pollution Solution to Global Warming» and «Scientific Panel Recommends Nuclear Solution to Global Warming» — and then tested how citizens with different values responded.