Urban Ecology: where the wild meets the city post-info Urban ecosystems are expanding around the world as people migrate to cities and the human population continues to grow. What happens to other speciesCategory Archives: citizen science
Urban Ecology: where the wild meets the city
Urban Ecology: where the wild meets the city post-info Urban ecosystems are expanding around the world as people migrate to cities and the human population continues to grow. What happens to other speciesNational Parks are for the Birds
Happy National Parks week! While I tend to plan trips around plants — Thuja plicata in Olympic National Park, Lathyrus japonicas at Cape Cod National Seashore — I understand the draw of non-botanical ParkAccelerating clinical research through mobile technology
Researchers face a number of challenges when conducting a clinical study.1 Investigators spend considerable time and money recruiting and screening viable participants. If recruitment takes too long, important studies can get scrapped before they are evenDigital Disaster Relief: Crowdsourced Responses to Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Floods Around the World
0000-0002-8715-2896 By Lily Bui In the brief span of two months, a series of disasters have swept across the globe. Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean left homes, businesses, and streets flooded, disarmedThe Crowd and The Cloud: The impact of citizen science
0000-0002-8715-2896 More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind. Konrad Lorenz New technology has enabled science to progress at an unprecedented speed. Advancements previouslyPosted by in citizen science, Early Career Research Community, featured
Science heroes of Flint’s lead water crisis
“LEAD MAKES THE MIND GIVE WAY” Old news, from a doc in Rome–in the second century BC, quoted by William Finnegan in the New Yorker. Finnegan’s is a fine angry summary of thousands of yearsPosted by in brain, citizen science, featured, Flint MI, genetic engineering, health care, lead, On Science Blogs, Politics, Research, united states, water, water supply
Citizen Science Love: a Valentine’s Weekend Special!
Who needs chocolate, cards, roses, or a significant other, when you can celebrate Valentine’s Day with citizen science? Below you’ll find five projects we love. Visit SciStarter to find 1000 more. PS: If you have 30Posted by in animals, citizen science, featured
Examining new trends in citizen science
At the start of every year, most people will have made a list of New Year’s resolutions. Some of the most common this year will be to get fit, adopt healthy eating habits and spendPosted by in christmas bird count, citizen science, Citizen Science Association Conference, conference, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act, Ecological Society of America, ecology, featured, Great Backyard Bird Count, medically unexplained symptoms, PLOS One, scientific publications, The Student Blog, volunteer participation
Coop’s Scoop: Genetic literacy and citizen science for reading DNA
Not all societies have a written language, but that doesn’t stop discoveries. Even without reading and writing, indigenous peoples have acquired knowledge about the natural world. In addition, many non-literate communities engage in scientific activities,Posted by in #CitSciChat, Caren Cooper, citizen science, conference, featured, genetics, pruning, twitter, Twitter Chat
Top Ten Citizen Science Projects of 2015
Celebrating the Best of 2015 As we start a brand new year, let’s take a few minutes to celebrate some accomplishments in the field of citizen science in 2015: Creation of professional citizen science organizationsPosted by in citizen science, Computers & Technology