Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Colleen Henn and Mara Dias, Jun 05, 2020
In 1984, a small group of California surfers were fed up with the development and water pollution at their favorite break, Malibu’s Surfrider Beach. They took their environmental concerns to California State Parks officials — and prevailed. The Surfrider Foundation was born. Since then, the nonprofit has kept its focus on improving coastal water quality. … Read more “The Government is Scaling Back Water Quality Protections. These Surfers are Picking up the Slack”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment
By Catherine Price, Mar 24, 2017
This April, The Crowd & The Cloud brings you a 4-part public television series exploring citizen science, crowdsourcing, and mobile technology. You’ll find the SciStarter Project Finder on The Crowd & The Cloud website to help viewers of the show become do-ers of science! Below we’ve highlighted each episode and related projects to jump start … Read more “Citizen science comes to public television this April”
Categories: Citizen Science, Citizen Science News, Computers & Technology, Ecology & Environment, Newsletter
By Carolyn Graybeal, Oct 07, 2016
For the past seven years, citizen scientist volunteers with the Kaua’i chapter of the Surfrider Foundation Beach Watch Task Force have been testing the waters at 27 recreational sites along the Kaua’i coastline. This summer they achieved a victory when the Hawai’i Department of Health (HDOH) finally acknowledged the concerning levels of pollution in local … Read more “Citizen science pushes Hawai’i Department of Health to act on beach pollution”
Categories: Citizen Science, Project Profile
By John Ohab, Feb 21, 2011
Have you ever seen the Milky Way from where you live? Most of us have not, and it’s largely due to increased light pollution from outdoor lighting. Light pollution not only wastes billions of dollars a year in energy and money but it causes human sleep disorders and disrupts habits critical to ecology. Globe at … Read more “Be a star: join the international star-hunt!”
Categories: Apps, Astronomy & Space, Computers & Technology, Nature & Outdoors
By John Ohab, Feb 08, 2011
A new partnership between Microsoft and the European Environmental Agency is combining detailed scientific information on air and water quality with observations made by citizen scientists. Ever wondered about the air quality in Copenhagen? Or perhaps the water quality in Paris? Eye on Earth uses Microsoft’s Bing Maps to combine goespatial and environmental data from … Read more “Keep your eye on the Earth”
Categories: Computers & Technology, Ecology & Environment, Geology & Earth Sciences, Health, Ocean & Water
