Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
Maps are used for more than just navigation these days. The citizen science projects highlighted below use maps to study topics ranging from wildlife to hydrology. You can find even more mapping projects via the SciStarter Project Finder. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Geology & Earth Sciences, Newsletter
by Egle Marija Ramanauskaite Maybe you’re finding it hard to stick to that New Year’s resolution of making it to the gym every week. How about trying something easier instead? Like changing the world for example, by helping cure Alzheimer’s – one of the most devastating diseases that we face today. How, you ask? Read on … Read more “Fighting Alzheimer’s Together, Through Citizen Science”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Project Profile
Explore dynamic data with OpenSignal, the app that directs you toward the best cell phone signal while creating a comprehensive map of international signal strength across carriers! … Read more
Categories: Apps, Computers & Technology, Project Profile
WeDigBio is a global event where citizen scientists help digitize the billions of observations and specimens that are stored in museums and field stations world wide. Check out some of the projects involved on SciStarter – Smithsonian Transcription Center, Herbarium@home and Notes from Nature. Guest post by Meghan Ferriter You probably know that scientists have … Read more “Help Discovery Go Digital – The Global WeDigBio Challenge Starts Today!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
This is a guest post by Monaca Noble, a biologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Marina Invasions Laboratory. For the last 10 years, Ms. Noble has worked on issues related to the transport of marine species in ballast water and the introduced parasite Loxothylacus panopaei. This June, 49 enthusiastic volunteers came out to search … Read more “The Search for Zombie Crabs: The 2015 Chesapeake Bay Parasite Project”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
This is an except of a story that ran in the February 2015 issue of Association of Zoos and Aquariums monthly magazine, Connect. Looking for amphibious citizen science projects? Look no further! SciStarter has some lined up for you right here. By Cathie Gandel At dusk, Carolyn Rinaldi and her 14-year-old daughter sit silently on the … Read more “Make a Difference by Counting Croaks”
Categories: Amphibians, Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Guest post by Carrie Freeman In the new world of Big Data, we’ve learned how to acquire great data, but we’re still struggling with accessing it, understanding it, and putting it to work. That’s especially true with environmental data, where the urgency of problems facing people right now is driving efforts to turn raw digital … Read more “Are You Up for an Innovation Challenge?”
Categories: Citizen Science, Computers & Technology
Citizen scientists in Connecticut are creating an atlas of the many species of turtles and helping researchers understand the role of turtles in the ecosystem. Find more information about participating in Connecticut Turtle Atlas, the citizen science project on SciStarter and check out for our newsletter featuring projects you can do outdoors! Guest post by Russ … Read more “How Citizen Scientists are Creating an Atlas of Turtles in Connecticut”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science
Citizen scientists document in collaboration with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles help document reptiles and amphbians in Southern California to aid in conservation efforts. Find more information about participating in RASCals, the citizen science project on SciStarter and watch out for our herptile themed newsletter! by Sharman Apt Russell This June, I walked … Read more “California Dreaming”
Categories: Amphibians, Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Citizen scientists of the Salamander Crossing Brigades in New Hampshire help thousands of salamanders safely across dangerous roads in their migratory journey to the vernal pools. Find out how they contribute to conservation research by tracking and monitoring the salamanders on an annual basis. Guest post by Brett Amy Thelen Every spring, as the earth thaws and … Read more “The Salamander Crossing Brigades: Citizen Science for Salamanders in Southwest New Hampshire”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science
