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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: Citizen Science in Schools
For several decades, citizen science has advanced research agendas while propelling informal science education outside the classroom. Citizen science has also been a means of civic engagement and flexing the muscles of citizenship. In recent years there has been interest … Continue reading
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Try it, you might like it
Margaret Mead, the world-famous anthropologist said, “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” The sentiment rings true for citizen science. Yet, recent news in the … Continue reading
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: The Key to Unlocking Collaborative Conservation for Birds
This was a big week in the news for citizen science in bird conservation. Audubon released a report on projected impacts of climate change on birds. The annual State of the Birds report was released at an event in …
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Jefferson’s Legacy Cultivates a Nation of Amateurs
On the original Independence Day, founding father Thomas Jefferson understood the connection between knowledge and freedom. Now, 238 years later, this week’s round-up of scientific papers relying on citizen science includes discoveries about migratory birds, new planets, snakes, and blackbirds …
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Roundup of recent discoveries
Continuing the tradition of thanking citizen science for new understanding of the natural world, below is a list of some of the publications from the last two weeks that relied on citizen science. The topics include beach debris, red foxes, …
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Shake it up with the fast pace of citizen science
For the past few weeks, I’ve been highlighting scientific findings made possible by citizen science that appeared in the literature each week. Methods of public engagement in sharing observations are not only useful to science, but also in a wide …
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: What citizen science has told us
For this week’s roundup, there are two new papers that used data from Breeding Bird Atlas programs in order to spot trends in bird populations in relation to environmental changes.
One study with Atlas data took place in the Catalonia …
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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: Weekly Roundup
Once again, at the intersection of leisure time and scientific inquiry are many new discoveries.
Many people doubt the ability of non-professionals to contribute to scientific research. The proof is in the pudding as illustrated by these new findings …
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