Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Rae Moore - Editor, Jul 21, 2014
Share jellyfish sightings, track stars during evening beach strolls, count fireflies, or report dragonfly swarms while you’re at the beach this summer. Or participate in dozens of other summertime citizen science projects and advance fields of research in the process! Why not do them all? Hey! If you’re involved in more than one project, we’d … Read more “Citizen Science is a Shore Thing!”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
By Caren Cooper, Jul 20, 2014
Editor’s Note: Flight MH17 was a horrible tragedy, with many lives lost, including HIV/AIDS researchers en route to a conference. In Caren Cooper’s latest Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop, she explains how citizen science assisted with AIDS research, and how AIDS activists were able to become participatory members of the medical and scientific process. Here, in full, … Read more “Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Patients Who Were Research Subjects and the Doctors Who Listened – the Citizen Science of HIV/AIDS Research”
Categories: Citizen Science, Health
By Melinda T. Hough,
Live in Los Angeles county? Photograph butterflies and moths, and help scientists study climate change. Interested in more moth and butterfly citizen science projects? We’ve got you covered! “Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one…” [2] In the heat of summer monsoons, butterflies accompany the paddling … Read more “Waiting for a butterfly to flutter by with the Los Angeles Butterfly Survey”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Insects, Nature & Outdoors
By Alex Reis, Jul 19, 2014
Count butterflies to find out about the state of nature. Interested in butterfly citizen science projects? We’ve got you covered! From next Saturday 19 July until Sunday 10 August 2014, the Big Butterfly Count will take place in the UK. This citizen science project is organized by Butterfly Conservation UK and can boast being the … Read more “UK’s Big Butterfly Count is on!”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Insects
By Alex Reis, Jul 17, 2014
With the help of the public, researchers from the University of Vienna, Austria, have found out that the Eurasian kestrel can be “seduced” by the city lights, but this decision comes at a cost, with lower reproductive success and a poorer diet. Urbanization is a global event that is invading natural habitats, inevitably leading to … Read more “Kestrels in the City”
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jul 16, 2014
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. There is a … Read more “Exploring a Culture of Health: How Can We Visualize Health Data for Better Communication?”
Categories: Citizen Science, Health
By Rae Moore - Editor, Jul 14, 2014
Every week, Caren Cooper’s Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop delves into relevant citizen science topics. During a recent trip to Italy for a citizen science summer course, Caren discovered the challenges of communicating about citizen science. While the definition itself is open to interpretation, the word “citizen science” is also not a universally-known term. In the … Read more “Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Does citizen science get lost in translation?”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Ian Vorster, Jul 10, 2014
Celebrate National Moth Week by photographing moths to help scientists predict and manage moth populations. Interested in more moth and butterfly citizen science projects? We’ve got you covered! In 1991 John Pickering (everyone calls him Pick) switched from doing agriculture and health work to the one thing that had been his original motivation for pursuing … Read more “Our Daily Moth: Celebrate National Moth Week with Mothing”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Rae Moore - Editor,
Want to learn about downloading data and data management in citizen science? Take part in CitSci.org’s Feature Friday! What: This Feature Friday is focusing on downloading data from CitSci.org. Who: Any one who has an interest in data management in a Citizen Science setting. Come voice your valuable input to improve CitSci.org and discuss citizen science with … Read more “Get Ready for CitSci.org’s July Feature Friday”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
By Lily Bui, Jul 09, 2014
Do you have a citizen science story? Tell us in this essay contest — your story could end up in Discover Magazine! Science is all around us – and now anyone can be a scientist! Citizen scientists study everything from distant galaxies to firefly populations, helping researchers collect valuable data. We want to hear about … Read more “Citizen Science Essay Contest – Deadline July 13 at 11:59pm CT!”
Categories: Citizen Science
