Microplastics found in the Arctic snow fly there
By Kat Austen – IGB A study from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute reports that microplastic particles have been found in snow from the Alps to the Arctic. Of those particles found in Arctic snow varnish, rubber, polyethylene, and polyamide are most common. Most of...
Air Pollution project spans India – Pakistan border
By Kat Austen – IGB Researchers from UrbanSciences in Mumbai and Pakistan Air Quality (PakAirQuality https://twitter.com/pakairquality ) Initiative in Islamabad are collaborating to provide open data in Pakistan for citizens to get updates on air pollution...
Invasion of painted ladies in North-Western Europe
The last few days the number of Painted ladies, large orange and black butterflies have increased enormously in North-Western Europe. These butterflies come from Africa and the Mediterranean to the northern parts of Europe almost every year but the numbers vary a lot....
Garden butterfly count
From 6 till 28th of July 2019 people in the Netherlands were asked to record the number of butterflies in their garden for 15 minutes. In total 73.445 butterflies were recorded in 2956 gardens. This gives insight in an important habitat that is not easily accessible...
Citizen science can change the world
How can citizen science projects influence the world we live in? A substantial number of citizen science projects start from the wish to change something. The Tatort street light project, for example, measures insect occurrence and behaviour because they want to...
Impact assessment: a multidimensional approach
How do we measure the impact of citizen science projects? Citizen science projects are different from more traditional scientific pursuits and from “standard” projects with specific targets. A citizen science project can be hugely successful even if it produces no...
The Lean Survey Canvas
Gloria Re Calegari – Cefriel – 23/7/2019The Lean Survey Canvas – A methodology to design powerful surveys Surveys are the main method employed in collecting data from users and many citizen science projects face the not-so-easy task of designing a...
The UPM hosts a meeting on the how and why of citizen science
By Virginia de Pablo and Esteban González – UPM The meeting, held by Dr. Wendy Jacobs with the support of Esteban González, will serve to understand what is and how citizen science works in its broadest sense, basing the lines of action and the program of the...