Innoceana is working to put an end to the brutal and costly net entanglement crisis. In the virtual film screening and discussion on December 9, you can learn how they leverage citizen science, animal rescue, and growing public pressure for policy change to manage the entanglement crisis and achieve an expanded marine protected area.
Read moreThe Arctic Eider Society won $750,000 in the Google.org Impact Challenge for their work with the Canadian Inuit and Cree communities as part of their environmental citizen scientist program. The data collected helps to better understand large-scale cumulative impacts of environmental change on the region’s ecosystem. The SIKU platform being used incorporates data from SonTek’s CastAway-CTD and Google technology to
Read moreCitizen science is growing as smartphones, computers and mobile technology are enabling regular folks to help scientists advance knowledge. A new documentary series on this phenomenon called “The Crowd & The Cloud” will air on PBS stations. It will premiere on PBS’s WORLD Channel April 6 at 9 p.m. EST.
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