Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Carolyn Graybeal, May 09, 2015
From shoveling the third heavy snowfall of winter to spotting the first crocus of spring, each day without fail we experience our environment. Meaning each of us is a potential wealth of information about our local environment. Information that if gathered could inform climate scientists about the local effects and potential indicators of climate change. … Read more “iSeeChange: documenting the weather around us”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Arvind Suresh, Apr 22, 2015
Earth Day is April 22 and Arbor Day (in the USA) is April 24! Just about every one of the 1,000 projects featured on SciStarter contributes to a better planet but here five projects you can do to participate in research about trees, just about anywhere on Earth. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Editorial Team, Apr 17, 2015
Thisi a guest post by Aaron Pomerantz, a version of which originally appeared on the author’s website The Next Gen Scientist. Search through hundreds of citizen science projects on SciStarter to find one that gets you buzzing! A recent study has revealed thirty species that are new to science living in the bustling city of Los … Read more “Citizen Science Helps Discover Thirty New Species Where You Would Least Expect It”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors
By Abigail Collins, Apr 13, 2015
by Aditi Joshi Are you a resident of the northern US or Canada? You can help scientists to spot amphibians! Welcome Spring! As the temperature rises, the beauty of spring unfolds: snow melts, flowers bloom, and birds begin to chirp. In the amphibian world, spring marks the beginning of breeding activities. Among amphibians, wood frogs … Read more “‘Snapshots in Time’: Spotting a Spotted Salamander”
Categories: Amphibians, Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Eva Lewandowski, Apr 01, 2015
Editors Note: This post by SciStarter contributor Eva Lewandowski describes her experiences with citizen scientists from the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, which was featured in our recent Spring themed newsletter. Check out the rest of the projects on that list here. The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project is also one of more than 800 citizen science … Read more “Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Helps Citizen Scientists Build Connections to Nature”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Ian Vorster, Mar 31, 2015
Interested in more spring themed citizen science projects? Check out the ones the SciStarter team has handpicked for you here! Or use SciStarter’s project finder to find one that piques your curiosity! In 1998 Tim Sparks, a research biologist at Britain’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Cambridge started a pilot project designed to record … Read more “Is Climate Change Causing the Seasons to Change? Citizen Scientists in the UK Help Find Out with Nature’s Calendar”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Arvind Suresh, Mar 30, 2015
This guest post by Sharman Apt Russel describes a citizen science experience with the the project, Nature’s Notebook featured on our recent Spring themed newsletter. Check out the rest of the projects on that list here. Nature’s Notebook is also one of more than 800 citizen science projects on SciStarter. Use our project finder to find … Read more “Nature’s Notebook: Through the Eyes of a Citizen Scientist”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Eva Lewandowski, Mar 25, 2015
Here are six projects in need of your help as you walk the dog, work in your garden, clean the gutters, or do spring cleaning. And check out these new citizen science projects just added to the Project Finder on SciStarter. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Ian Vorster, Mar 22, 2015
It was a crisp morning following a cold night in Goleta’s Coronado Monarch Butterfly Preserve. As Luke crossed a beam that had been dropped across a swampy area, he looked up at the Eucalyptus grove and sighed quietly. “Where are the butterflies Dad,” he asked me—with one part expectation and one part disappointment.
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Arvind Suresh, Mar 18, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Dr Robert H. Cichewicz. Director of the University of Oklahoma, Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies (INPART). Dr Cichewicz leads the Citizen Science Soil Collection Program which is focused on translating natural products into therapeutic leads to combat cancer, infectious diseases, and other unmet medical needs. Visit the project page … Read more “The Next Big Drug Discovery Could Come From a Scoop of Soil in Your Backyard”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
