How to Reduce Whale Ship Strikes
FarSounder CEO Matthew Zimmerman discusses how industry supports citizen science initiatives to reduce whale ship strikes.
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Share Whale, Trash Sightings via SonaSoft
FarSounder has released a new citizen science feature in its latest SonaSoft software update. Building on the company’s existing Data Sharing Program, this release enables users to report whale sightings and floating trash/debris.
Read moreFree Quantum GIS Plugin for Bathymetric Data
The public can create community maps/charts using their own data in areas where no large-scale charting is available.
Read moreGlobal Library of Underwater Biological Sounds
A team of 17 experts from nine countries has set the goal of gathering huge collections of aquatic life’s tell-tale sounds on a single platform and expanding it using new technologies used by citizen scientists.
Read moreWatch December 9: Entangled in Costa Rica
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 moreArctic Eider Society Wins Google Award
The 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
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