Tag Archives: community science

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I recently put the question out on the CitSci.org listserv, ‘How do you motivate citizen scientists to see the value of the ‘zero data’ point?’ We had a colorful and sometimes humorous series of replies back and forth from the various PIs on the list, unfortunately, […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Sometime in late 2015, Ocean Sanctuaries is planning to offer an opportunity for San Diego divers to contribute to a citizen science survey of the abundant marine life that has accumulated on the Canadian destroyer ‘Yukon’ since its sinking off the coast of San Diego to […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> UPDATE: We’ve had an amazing turn out for The $10,000 Blue Fellowship Grant.  There have been 7200+ people engaged in the campaign with 400+ votes and 20 submissions.  We could use everyone’s help voting for the submission that they like and also uploading any ideas that […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> A new report presents findings and guidance on the linksbetween citizen science and ocean resource management.  A bit more than a year ago on this blog, we asked a question: “MPAs and Citizen Science: What’s the opportunity?” Since then we’ve been exploring that question through the […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> In the bad old days of ivory tower academia, only scientists with white coats and Ph.Ds were considered qualified to gather and interpret scientific data—and, God forbid you should suggest otherwise. Enter the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where citizen scientists from all over the world (without […]