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/
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