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What the pandemic has taught us about light pollution

What the pandemic has taught us about light pollution

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September 9, 2021
Open Soil Atlas presented their project at the Emergent Berlin Festival

Open Soil Atlas presented their project at the Emergent Berlin Festival

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August 11, 2021
IPCC Climate report shows air quality plays key role in climate future

IPCC Climate report shows air quality plays key role in climate future

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August 9, 2021
Why are batteries too hard to replace? – Launch of BattCat by the Restart Project

Why are batteries too hard to replace? – Launch of BattCat by the Restart Project

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July 27, 2021
ACTION’s masterclass 3rd stop- the United Kingdom

ACTION’s masterclass 3rd stop- the United Kingdom

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July 24, 2021
The study of Citizen Scientists motivation

The study of Citizen Scientists motivation

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July 23, 2021
New, enriched version of the ACTION toolkit is now available

New, enriched version of the ACTION toolkit is now available

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July 16, 2021
WALK UP ANIENE – First monitoring results

WALK UP ANIENE – First monitoring results

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July 14, 2021
Students map the street lights of Sigüenza

Students map the street lights of Sigüenza

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July 5, 2021
Open Soil Atlas workshops bring soil quality to light in Berlin

Open Soil Atlas workshops bring soil quality to light in Berlin

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June 18, 2021
The hidden environmental impact of our devices

The hidden environmental impact of our devices

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June 15, 2021
How do tablets break? Join the Restart Project research!

How do tablets break? Join the Restart Project research!

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June 9, 2021
ACTION Accelerator Pilot WOW Nature has taken social involvement in forests a step further

ACTION Accelerator Pilot WOW Nature has taken social involvement in forests a step further

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June 3, 2021
CS Track database: first statistical results

CS Track database: first statistical results

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June 1, 2021
Citizen science on its way… to Norway!

Citizen science on its way… to Norway!

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May 30, 2021
50 billion birds, but many species are rare

50 billion birds, but many species are rare

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May 26, 2021
Data Quality Assurance process for Citizen Science pilots

Data Quality Assurance process for Citizen Science pilots

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May 22, 2021
Second round pilots added to the dashboard

Second round pilots added to the dashboard

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May 16, 2021
Webinars on the website

Webinars on the website

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May 16, 2021
New research into misinformation and data visualisation

New research into misinformation and data visualisation

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May 7, 2021
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS AND OUR BACKYARDS

A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS AND OUR BACKYARDS

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May 3, 2021
New photometric system opens citizen cameras to research

New photometric system opens citizen cameras to research

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May 2, 2021
Call for Papers – Participatory Evaluation and Impact Assessment in Citizen Science

Call for Papers – Participatory Evaluation and Impact Assessment in Citizen Science

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April 29, 2021
The Restart Project launches PrintCat

The Restart Project launches PrintCat

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April 22, 2021
ACTION first policy masterclass: supporting the dialogue between CS and decision makers

ACTION first policy masterclass: supporting the dialogue between CS and decision makers

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April 16, 2021
Citizen Science and policy

Citizen Science and policy

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April 12, 2021
CS for monitoring jellyfish “invasion” in Trieste (Italy)

CS for monitoring jellyfish “invasion” in Trieste (Italy)

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April 12, 2021
Artificial light at night – How does it affect our well-being?

Artificial light at night – How does it affect our well-being?

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April 7, 2021
Pollution and Citizen Science

Pollution and Citizen Science

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March 30, 2021
Policy Masterclass – Citizen Science in Sustainability Transitions

Policy Masterclass – Citizen Science in Sustainability Transitions

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March 20, 2021
ACTION toolkit is online

ACTION toolkit is online

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March 19, 2021
Moth declines in the UK

Moth declines in the UK

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March 10, 2021
Pilots’ results dashboard published on the website

Pilots’ results dashboard published on the website

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March 2, 2021
Webinar on Data Management Plan and Data Quality

Webinar on Data Management Plan and Data Quality

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March 2, 2021
Let’s welcome on board four new pilots

Let’s welcome on board four new pilots

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March 1, 2021
What we learned from the second ACTION open call

What we learned from the second ACTION open call

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February 26, 2021
ACTION coordinator KCL participated in the Citizen Data Science workshop

ACTION coordinator KCL participated in the Citizen Data Science workshop

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February 20, 2021
The LEDs paradox: less energy, more light pollution

The LEDs paradox: less energy, more light pollution

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February 17, 2021
The snowfall that changed the night sky in Madrid

The snowfall that changed the night sky in Madrid

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February 10, 2021

KCL recently published our deliverable outlining final guidelines and recommendations for the design of citizen science tasks

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January 28, 2021
Citizen Science: Opening up science to society

Citizen Science: Opening up science to society

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January 18, 2021
ACTION Accelerator kick-off meeting

ACTION Accelerator kick-off meeting

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January 7, 2021
Butterflies of Europe

Butterflies of Europe

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January 3, 2021

Come and see how to create a research object with us

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December 28, 2020
Policy and citizen science: insights from Norway

Policy and citizen science: insights from Norway

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December 20, 2020
Transformative impact: NoiseMaps disrupts the status quo

Transformative impact: NoiseMaps disrupts the status quo

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December 15, 2020
Artificial Intelligence and User acceptance

Artificial Intelligence and User acceptance

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December 4, 2020
Flea bands, an ignored source of pesticides

Flea bands, an ignored source of pesticides

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December 2, 2020
Dashboard of ACTION pilots coming soon on this website

Dashboard of ACTION pilots coming soon on this website

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December 2, 2020
ACTION coordinator hosts data storytelling symposium

ACTION coordinator hosts data storytelling symposium

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November 23, 2020
ACTION at the largest conference on crowdsourcing

ACTION at the largest conference on crowdsourcing

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November 20, 2020
Citizen Science financial sustainability: programme now available

Citizen Science financial sustainability: programme now available

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November 15, 2020
Join our free webinar on CS financial sustainability

Join our free webinar on CS financial sustainability

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November 4, 2020
The 2nd ACTION Open Call is now closed

The 2nd ACTION Open Call is now closed

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November 2, 2020
First four ACTION pilots successfully graduated: congratulations!

First four ACTION pilots successfully graduated: congratulations!

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October 30, 2020
Kick-off event for Tatort Streetlight / AuBe on 30.10.20 at the Stechlinsee Center

Kick-off event for Tatort Streetlight / AuBe on 30.10.20 at the Stechlinsee Center

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October 23, 2020
Diversity and Inclusion Guidelines used to design Sound Crowdsourcing Platform

Diversity and Inclusion Guidelines used to design Sound Crowdsourcing Platform

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October 13, 2020
Tatort Streetlight opportunities to participate

Tatort Streetlight opportunities to participate

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October 8, 2020
Ars Electronica, the Festival for Art, Technology and Society

Ars Electronica, the Festival for Art, Technology and Society

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October 2, 2020
Sonic Kayaks showcased in The MagPi magazine

Sonic Kayaks showcased in The MagPi magazine

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September 29, 2020
Teaching light pollution through citizen science

Teaching light pollution through citizen science

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September 25, 2020
ACTION Project at the European Week of Regions and Cities

ACTION Project at the European Week of Regions and Cities

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September 23, 2020
Coney, the CONversational survEY toolkit, released open source

Coney, the CONversational survEY toolkit, released open source

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September 23, 2020

Coffee with Partners #7 – European Week of Regions and Cities 2020 – ACTION PROJECT

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September 22, 2020
ACTION presented 2 e-posters at the ECSA 2020 conference

ACTION presented 2 e-posters at the ECSA 2020 conference

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September 10, 2020
iOS version of GRECO Citizen Science App Generation Solar is out

iOS version of GRECO Citizen Science App Generation Solar is out

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September 8, 2020
ACTION 2020 Open Call starts today

ACTION 2020 Open Call starts today

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September 1, 2020
7 projects on light pollution

7 projects on light pollution

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August 31, 2020
ACTION Data Visualisation Webinar

ACTION Data Visualisation Webinar

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August 31, 2020
Sonic Kayaks – citizen science in the marine environment for the ACTION project

Sonic Kayaks – citizen science in the marine environment for the ACTION project

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August 25, 2020
Data sharing in ACTION

Data sharing in ACTION

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August 20, 2020
Second Diversity and Inclusion call with Pilots

Second Diversity and Inclusion call with Pilots

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August 14, 2020
Hunt for river dragon(flie)s

Hunt for river dragon(flie)s

News on Citizen Science
August 1, 2020
Increasing social interaction leads to higher participation in Citizen Science

Increasing social interaction leads to higher participation in Citizen Science

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July 16, 2020
Increasing diversity and accessibility in CS

Increasing diversity and accessibility in CS

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July 12, 2020
ACTION changes coordinator

ACTION changes coordinator

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July 7, 2020
Fewer moths because of light pollution

Fewer moths because of light pollution

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June 30, 2020
Poster about study of CS motivation accepted at ECSA 2020 conference

Poster about study of CS motivation accepted at ECSA 2020 conference

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June 24, 2020
Esteban González explains how to upload resources in the open-access repository Zenodo

Esteban González explains how to upload resources in the open-access repository Zenodo

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June 18, 2020
Paper about Coney (CONversational survEY tool) submitted to ISWC 2020

Paper about Coney (CONversational survEY tool) submitted to ISWC 2020

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June 12, 2020
The Ontology Engineering Group deploys the first version of the open data portal for ACTION

The Ontology Engineering Group deploys the first version of the open data portal for ACTION

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June 5, 2020
Upcoming light pollution meeting

Upcoming light pollution meeting

News on Citizen Science
May 31, 2020
Evidence light pollution can be measured directly from space

Evidence light pollution can be measured directly from space

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May 25, 2020
Citizen Science on Lockdown

Citizen Science on Lockdown

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May 18, 2020
REINFORCE – Bridging the gap between Science and Society through Citizen Science

REINFORCE – Bridging the gap between Science and Society through Citizen Science

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May 12, 2020
Sonic Kayaks: New pollution sensors for citizen science

Sonic Kayaks: New pollution sensors for citizen science

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May 7, 2020
The importance of green space in cities

The importance of green space in cities

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April 30, 2020
Earth Day, Action against Climate Change

Earth Day, Action against Climate Change

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April 22, 2020
Engaging Youth in Citizen Science

Engaging Youth in Citizen Science

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April 16, 2020
Taking citizen science meetings online

Taking citizen science meetings online

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April 15, 2020
What do you understand by #OpenScience?

What do you understand by #OpenScience?

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April 10, 2020
Citizen Science Month in the USA. An example to Europe?

Citizen Science Month in the USA. An example to Europe?

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April 6, 2020
Corona and nature monitoring

Corona and nature monitoring

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April 5, 2020
Foldit helps developing drugs to combat Coronavirus

Foldit helps developing drugs to combat Coronavirus

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March 30, 2020
#scienzasulbalcone – A flashmob to measure darkness of the sky

#scienzasulbalcone – A flashmob to measure darkness of the sky

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March 24, 2020
ACTION Short Workshop Report

ACTION Short Workshop Report

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March 18, 2020
Another round of air quality projects in Norway started

Another round of air quality projects in Norway started

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March 16, 2020
We are proud to announce the launch of Street Spectra new website

We are proud to announce the launch of Street Spectra new website

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March 7, 2020
Street Spectra presented at Sociedad Española de Astronomía

Street Spectra presented at Sociedad Española de Astronomía

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March 7, 2020
Citizen science education

Citizen science education

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February 24, 2020
Six new Citizen Science projects joining ACTION: welcome on board!

Six new Citizen Science projects joining ACTION: welcome on board!

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February 17, 2020
Breaking down the ivory tower with citizen scientists

Breaking down the ivory tower with citizen scientists

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February 10, 2020
Engaging youth in Citizen Science

Engaging youth in Citizen Science

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February 7, 2020
ACTION Accelerator Kick-off

ACTION Accelerator Kick-off

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January 29, 2020
OpenLitterMap: an Open Data portal on plastic pollution

OpenLitterMap: an Open Data portal on plastic pollution

News on Citizen Science
January 28, 2020
European traffic monitored through citizen scientists

European traffic monitored through citizen scientists

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January 22, 2020
EOSC starts to implement its Work Plan for 2020

EOSC starts to implement its Work Plan for 2020

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January 15, 2020
The spectrum and color of sodium low pressure lamps

The spectrum and color of sodium low pressure lamps

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December 19, 2019
How political does citizen science need to be?

How political does citizen science need to be?

News on Citizen Science
November 30, 2019
Using citizen science to transform our science system?

Using citizen science to transform our science system?

News on Citizen Science
November 20, 2019
Bee the future: how wearable technology is helping to save honey bees

Bee the future: how wearable technology is helping to save honey bees

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November 13, 2019
Habitat loss and drought huge blow for Dutch butterflies

Habitat loss and drought huge blow for Dutch butterflies

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November 7, 2019
Butterflies show pollution with nitrogen

Butterflies show pollution with nitrogen

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November 4, 2019
The Virtual City Explorer (VCE) – a crowdsourced solution for mapping infrastructure within towns and cities

The Virtual City Explorer (VCE) – a crowdsourced solution for mapping infrastructure within towns and cities

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October 27, 2019
UniSouthampton studied the effects of adding time limits to online citizen science projects

UniSouthampton studied the effects of adding time limits to online citizen science projects

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October 20, 2019
Lost At Night relies on citizen science to create a Night Sky Map

Lost At Night relies on citizen science to create a Night Sky Map

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October 18, 2019
Esteban González will participate in the 14th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky

Esteban González will participate in the 14th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky

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October 18, 2019
StreetSpectra project launched in Spain

StreetSpectra project launched in Spain

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October 10, 2019
“Coney: A CONversational survEY Toolkit ” at the CHItaly Conference 2019

“Coney: A CONversational survEY Toolkit ” at the CHItaly Conference 2019

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September 29, 2019
Citizen scientists to tackle ocean plastic pollution

Citizen scientists to tackle ocean plastic pollution

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September 28, 2019
Citizen data meets urban planning to win prestigious prize

Citizen data meets urban planning to win prestigious prize

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September 11, 2019
Microplastics found in the Arctic snow fly there

Microplastics found in the Arctic snow fly there

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August 5, 2019
Air Pollution project spans India – Pakistan border

Air Pollution project spans India – Pakistan border

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August 3, 2019
Invasion of painted ladies in North-Western Europe

Invasion of painted ladies in North-Western Europe

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July 30, 2019
Garden butterfly count

Garden butterfly count

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July 30, 2019
Citizen science can change the world

Citizen science can change the world

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July 29, 2019
Impact assessment: a multidimensional approach

Impact assessment: a multidimensional approach

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July 29, 2019
The Lean Survey Canvas

The Lean Survey Canvas

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July 23, 2019
The UPM hosts a meeting on the how and why of citizen science

The UPM hosts a meeting on the how and why of citizen science

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July 8, 2019
Forest and shrubby birds have declined in the last year

Forest and shrubby birds have declined in the last year

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July 4, 2019
Tellus 2019

Tellus 2019

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June 10, 2019
“Pushing boundaries” – ECSITE 2019 – Copenhagen

“Pushing boundaries” – ECSITE 2019 – Copenhagen

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June 9, 2019
LPTMM Conference 2019: Studying light pollution in a color changing world

LPTMM Conference 2019: Studying light pollution in a color changing world

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June 5, 2019
What is the role of citizen science in sustainability transitions?

What is the role of citizen science in sustainability transitions?

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June 3, 2019
Citizen science & transition

Citizen science & transition

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June 3, 2019
Citizen Sensing

Citizen Sensing

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May 28, 2019
Good news for banded demoiselle!

Good news for banded demoiselle!

News on Citizen Science
May 23, 2019
European Food Safety Authority meeting about use of insecticide thiacloprid

European Food Safety Authority meeting about use of insecticide thiacloprid

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May 21, 2019
Oslo students developing and using low-cost air quality sensors

Oslo students developing and using low-cost air quality sensors

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April 8, 2019

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