Nov 13, 2019 | News on Citizen Science
By Gloria Re Calegari – Cefriel Honeybees are essential for the pollination of about one third of the food we eat, including fruit, vegetables, oils, seeds and nuts but, sadly, global bee populations have been decreasing rapidly in the past decade for unknown...
Oct 20, 2019 | News from our pilots
By Neal Reeves – University of Southampton Earlier this year, members of the ACTION team from the University of Southampton submitted a research paper on the effects of adding time limits to online citizen science projects. Typically, these projects last for...
Oct 18, 2019 | News from our pilots
By Virginia de Pablo and Esteban Gonzaléz (OEG/UPM) “While computer algorithms have trouble distinguishing between stars the Moon and cities, people are better at recognizing patterns and analyzing complex images.” With these words, Alejandro Sánchez,...
Oct 18, 2019 | News from ACTION
By Virginia de Pablo and Esteban Gonzaléz – OEG/UPM Next month, Esteban González will participate in the 14th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky, that will be held from November 3rd to November 5th in collaboration with Dark Sky Ireland and...
Oct 10, 2019 | News from our pilots
With the help of amateur astronomers we are beginning to test the data gathering for the StreetSpectra project. Citizens belonging to Agrupación Astronómica de Madrid (AAM), AstroHenares and Agrupación Astronómica Madrid Sur (AAMS) have received a talk, the manual (in...
