With any pursuit, there are casual dabblers and there are hardcore enthusiasts, and citizen science is no different. In this episode, we'll meet some serious citsci volunteers, some of whom have gone on to pursue full-time careers in science.
Projects and websites mentioned in this episode are:
Disk Detective
Zooniverse
Nature's Notebook
National Phenology Network (NPN) USA
American River Conservancy
Journey North
I See Change
BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing)
AirCasting, from HabitatMap
Citizen Science Association conference
Sun/cloud image credit: FurbyChan, via Flickr, Creative Commons license by/nc/2.0/
The Romance of Citizen Science
Squirrely Citizen Science (VIDEO)
Squirrely Citizen Science
TreeSnap Interview With Co-Creator Ellen Crocker (VIDEO)
TreeSnap Interview with Co-Creator Ellen Crocker
Monitoring and Protecting Trees (plus citizen science news!) VIDEO
Monitoring and Protecting Trees
You Can Help Medical Researchers Fight Disease! (VIDEO)
Learn How You Can Help Medical Researchers!
Discover Science Near You With Science Near Me! (Video)
Science Near Me (audio podcast)
Sun-Drenched Citizen Science (Video Version)
Sun-Drenched Citizen Science
Give your dog (or cat) a personality quiz for science! (Video)
Give your dog (or cat) a personality quiz for science!
Help NASA With Space and Earth Based Research! (Video)
Help NASA With Space and Earth Based Research!
The Future of Health Research with the All of Us Research Program
CitSci Month Event Special: El Día del Idioma con SciStarter
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