Tag Archives: community science

**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 […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> June 6, 2014 Long-time San Diego recreational and science divers Barbara Lloyd and Michael Bear have joined forces to establish an ocean conservation non-profit organization, called Ocean Sanctuaries.org, devoted to species conservation, ocean sustainability as well as supporting citizen science projects and documentary films which involve the ocean. […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> July 12: San Diego’s Ocean Sanctuaries has teamed up with National Geographic and is using their interactive, customizable data gathering  tool for citizen scientists, called ‘Fieldscope,’ to monitor shark encounters in the San Diego area. For more see: http://californiadiver.com/ocean-sanctuaries-rolls-out-national-geographics-latest-citizen-science-tool/

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> REEF divers. Photo by Janna Nichols. If you go for a dive almost anywhere in the world, you can record what you see and contribute those observations to a long-term, large-scale database of marine fish coordinated by Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF). In California and other […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> “Hmm”, a surfer wonders, “I wonder where I should surf today?”. The next step is a quick web crawl, checking the tides, wave forecast, and water quality. The latter of those data points likely comes from Surfrider Foundation’s website, where one can gain insight on recent […]