#citizen-science — Public Fediverse posts

North Carolina State University: How Amateur Naturalists Are Helping Scientists Track What Everything Eats. “An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created an open-source website to learn what different organisms eat, and what eats them. The site – called Who Eats Whom – draws on data from a worldwide citizen science platform and serves as both a valuable resource for ecological […]

North Carolina State University: How Amateur Naturalists Are Helping Scientists Track What Everything Eats. “An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created an open-source website to learn what different organisms eat, and what eats them. The site – called Who Eats Whom – draws on data from a worldwide citizen science platform and serves as both a valuable resource for ecological […]

Blick vom Saaletal auf Felshang und Rudelsburg
Ort: Deutschland, Thüringen, Naumburg
Autor: Hans-Lothar Kölling
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2544

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Blick vom Saaletal auf Felshang und Rudelsburg
Ort: Deutschland, Thüringen, Naumburg
Autor: Hans-Lothar Kölling
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2544

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

#CitizenScience photographs contain a vast and underused record of species interactions. This Community Page by Bradley Allf, Robert Dunn &co introduces Who Eats Whom, an interactive, searchable food web created from photographs uploaded to #iNaturalist.

#ecology #foodWeb
https://buff.ly/pvY2fex

#CitizenScience photographs contain a vast and underused record of species interactions. This Community Page by Bradley Allf, Robert Dunn &co introduces Who Eats Whom, an interactive, searchable food web created from photographs uploaded to #iNaturalist.

#ecology #foodWeb
https://buff.ly/pvY2fex

Hochwasser bei den Wiesen von Konnersdorf
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Schöpstal, Kunnersdorf
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2835

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Hochwasser bei den Wiesen von Konnersdorf
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Schöpstal, Kunnersdorf
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2835

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Bei der europäischen #Mobilitätswoche geht es diesmal um #Mobilität für alle #Generationen. Unsere #CitizenScience-Studie „Mobil auf Deine Weise“ zeigt: Damit Alt und Jung nachhaltig mobil sein können, braucht es Fortschritte bei der #Barrierefreiheit!

📣 Die über 200 teilnehmenden Berliner*innen fordern u. a., die Umsetzung von Berliner #Mobilitätsgesetz und #Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz nicht länger zu verschleppen

👉🏽 https://www.mobil-auf-deine-weise.de/ergebnisse/ #AmberForschung @freieuniversitaet

Bei der europäischen #Mobilitätswoche geht es diesmal um #Mobilität für alle #Generationen. Unsere #CitizenScience-Studie „Mobil auf Deine Weise“ zeigt: Damit Alt und Jung nachhaltig mobil sein können, braucht es Fortschritte bei der #Barrierefreiheit!

📣 Die über 200 teilnehmenden Berliner*innen fordern u. a., die Umsetzung von Berliner #Mobilitätsgesetz und #Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz nicht länger zu verschleppen

👉🏽 https://www.mobil-auf-deine-weise.de/ergebnisse/ #AmberForschung @freieuniversitaet

Ludwigsdorf , Blick Richtung Görlitz, heute wäre im Vordergrund die Autobahn
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Görlitz
Autor: Kerstin Hildebrand
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2982

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Ludwigsdorf , Blick Richtung Görlitz, heute wäre im Vordergrund die Autobahn
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Görlitz
Autor: Kerstin Hildebrand
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2982

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Kartierung: Friedhof Merzenich

https://www.schotterschreck.de/2026/09/21/kartierung-friedhof-merzenich/

Very cool, @joewynne ! 🕸️

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #ExploreNature

Very cool, @joewynne ! 🕸️

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #ExploreNature

🔬 ecoEXPLORE Web Weavers Citizen Science Event

📅 October 1, 2026. Columbia. Young naturalists will investigate spider webs, learn arachnology, and contribute observations through ecoEXPLORE citizen science activities.

🕷️ Citizen science programs connect people directly with biodiversity monitoring and conservation.

🔗 https://ncwf.org/events/

@NCConnect

#SolarpunkSunday #CitizenScience #Biodiversity #NatureEducation #Conservation

🔬 ecoEXPLORE Web Weavers Citizen Science Event

📅 October 1, 2026. Columbia. Young naturalists will investigate spider webs, learn arachnology, and contribute observations through ecoEXPLORE citizen science activities.

🕷️ Citizen science programs connect people directly with biodiversity monitoring and conservation.

🔗 https://ncwf.org/events/

@NCConnect

#SolarpunkSunday #CitizenScience #Biodiversity #NatureEducation #Conservation

Earthwatch Europe’s Great UK WaterBlitz
17th September 2026
"This weekend, more than 6,000 people across the UK are heading out to their local rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and canals as part of Earthwatch Europe’s Great UK WaterBlitz. It will be a huge national effort to understand the health of our freshwater."
https://earthwatch.org.uk/more-than-6000-people-will-take-part-in-the-great-uk-waterblitz-this-weekend/

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #WaterQuality #Rivers #WaterWays #Canals

Earthwatch Europe’s Great UK WaterBlitz
17th September 2026
"This weekend, more than 6,000 people across the UK are heading out to their local rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and canals as part of Earthwatch Europe’s Great UK WaterBlitz. It will be a huge national effort to understand the health of our freshwater."
https://earthwatch.org.uk/more-than-6000-people-will-take-part-in-the-great-uk-waterblitz-this-weekend/

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #WaterQuality #Rivers #WaterWays #Canals

Stream water citizen science for Sep 2026 Earthwatch FreshWater Watch / Great UK Water Blitz. Sample location Black Burn (in Tarset Northumberland), which flows into Tarset Burn and then River North Tyne. Nitrate and Phosphate on-site analysis, with samples taken for later per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) lab analysis.

https://earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwaterblitz/

#waterquality #watertesting #riverpollution #citizenscience #GreatUKWaterBlitz #tarset #northumberland #pfas #nitrate #phosphate

Stream water citizen science for Sep 2026 Earthwatch FreshWater Watch / Great UK Water Blitz. Sample location Black Burn (in Tarset Northumberland), which flows into Tarset Burn and then River North Tyne. Nitrate and Phosphate on-site analysis, with samples taken for later per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) lab analysis.

https://earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwaterblitz/

#waterquality #watertesting #riverpollution #citizenscience #GreatUKWaterBlitz #tarset #northumberland #pfas #nitrate #phosphate

Air quality geeks, advance notice: the CO₂ Map project is gonna be having a "Measurement Day" across the world on 10 October 2026!

"IndoorCO2Map collects a kind of data that no institution has so far managed to build at a large scale: measurements from the ordinary publicly accessible buildings and public transport people use every day."

"... the project relies on one action done collectively as a community: measuring public spaces with a CO₂ monitor and adding the data to a free, open, global map through a free and open-source app. The app is designed with privacy in mind and does not need a user account."

Anyone with a CO₂ monitor can get the app and join in - you don't have to wait till 10 Oct :-)

https://indoorco2map.com/blog.html?post=goals

#AirQuality #CitizenScience #research

Air quality geeks, advance notice: the CO₂ Map project is gonna be having a "Measurement Day" across the world on 10 October 2026!

"IndoorCO2Map collects a kind of data that no institution has so far managed to build at a large scale: measurements from the ordinary publicly accessible buildings and public transport people use every day."

"... the project relies on one action done collectively as a community: measuring public spaces with a CO₂ monitor and adding the data to a free, open, global map through a free and open-source app. The app is designed with privacy in mind and does not need a user account."

Anyone with a CO₂ monitor can get the app and join in - you don't have to wait till 10 Oct :-)

https://indoorco2map.com/blog.html?post=goals

#AirQuality #CitizenScience #research

Blick auf Bautzen
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Bautzen
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1444

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Blick auf Bautzen
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Bautzen
Autor: anonym
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1444

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

#trees #restoration #earth #climate #citizenscience

The good people of Restoring Earth Connection completed a five-month-long project that involved measuring, cataloguing and comparing some of the largest trees in Olympia. We have a Giant Sequoia CA bro who made it way up here to Washington and has a 31 and some change foot circumference. (Protected in someone's yard at an undisclosed location)! And a 362 year old Doug Fir out there enjoying the afternoon somewhere.

https://www.thurstontalk.com/2025/07/17/check-out-olympias-largest-trees/

#trees #restoration #earth #climate #citizenscience

The good people of Restoring Earth Connection completed a five-month-long project that involved measuring, cataloguing and comparing some of the largest trees in Olympia. We have a Giant Sequoia CA bro who made it way up here to Washington and has a 31 and some change foot circumference. (Protected in someone's yard at an undisclosed location)! And a 362 year old Doug Fir out there enjoying the afternoon somewhere.

https://www.thurstontalk.com/2025/07/17/check-out-olympias-largest-trees/

BOLDER’s #CitizenScience Approach Unlocks New Opportunities for #Underutilized #Crops in #Benin and #Tanzania

By Neil Palmer, #CropDiversity Digest Contributor
30 June 2025

"During the first few hours of daylight – before the sun gets high and it’s too hot outside – experimental fields at the #WorldVegetableCenter ( #WorldVeg ) research station in Cotonou, #Benin, are buzzing with activity. #SolarPowered irrigation systems pump water to stands of #jute #mallow, #eggplant and #ChiliPepper, while field workers patrol the plots.

"These kinds of experiments are crucial to understanding how the crops perform. But they only tell part of the story. Conditions at research stations tend to be closely controlled, while in farmers’ fields, where in the end the crops will have to prove themselves, things can be more varied and challenging. Also, a crucial component is missing from the on-station trials – the farmers themselves. Their preferences are critical in determining whether a crop succeeds or fails in the real world.

"To overcome these shortcomings of research station experiments, the Crop Trust’s BOLDER project uses a novel approach: triadic comparison of technologies, or tricot for short. That’s a complicated name for a simple concept that has nothing to do with highly stretchy fabric: engaging farmers as 'citizen scientists' to conduct trials on their own farms, under local conditions, and report the results. The technologies in this case? #VegetableSeeds.

"In Benin and #Tanzania, the vegetables undergoing tricot trials are #JuteMallow and #amaranth. These are generally overlooked species that haven’t received the scientific attention given to staples like rice or maize. But they hold great promise as climate-resilient, nutritious, and profitable options for farmers in many parts of Africa. That’s why they are often referred to as opportunity crops.

"Tricot trials help scientists test these crops with lots and lots of farmers under diverse, real-world conditions. In addition to giving farmers a first and close look at #CropDiversity that may be unfamiliar to them, the trials provide scientists with insights into plant performance and farmer preferences, which can then feed into breeding and other research efforts."

Learn more:
https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/news/article/bolders-citizen-science-approach-unlocks-new-opportunities-for-underutilized-crops-in-benin-and-tanzania/

#BOLDER #BOLDERInitiative #SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity
#BuildingResilience #ClimateResiliency
#ClimateChange #AlternativeCrops

BOLDER’s #CitizenScience Approach Unlocks New Opportunities for #Underutilized #Crops in #Benin and #Tanzania

By Neil Palmer, #CropDiversity Digest Contributor
30 June 2025

"During the first few hours of daylight – before the sun gets high and it’s too hot outside – experimental fields at the #WorldVegetableCenter ( #WorldVeg ) research station in Cotonou, #Benin, are buzzing with activity. #SolarPowered irrigation systems pump water to stands of #jute #mallow, #eggplant and #ChiliPepper, while field workers patrol the plots.

"These kinds of experiments are crucial to understanding how the crops perform. But they only tell part of the story. Conditions at research stations tend to be closely controlled, while in farmers’ fields, where in the end the crops will have to prove themselves, things can be more varied and challenging. Also, a crucial component is missing from the on-station trials – the farmers themselves. Their preferences are critical in determining whether a crop succeeds or fails in the real world.

"To overcome these shortcomings of research station experiments, the Crop Trust’s BOLDER project uses a novel approach: triadic comparison of technologies, or tricot for short. That’s a complicated name for a simple concept that has nothing to do with highly stretchy fabric: engaging farmers as 'citizen scientists' to conduct trials on their own farms, under local conditions, and report the results. The technologies in this case? #VegetableSeeds.

"In Benin and #Tanzania, the vegetables undergoing tricot trials are #JuteMallow and #amaranth. These are generally overlooked species that haven’t received the scientific attention given to staples like rice or maize. But they hold great promise as climate-resilient, nutritious, and profitable options for farmers in many parts of Africa. That’s why they are often referred to as opportunity crops.

"Tricot trials help scientists test these crops with lots and lots of farmers under diverse, real-world conditions. In addition to giving farmers a first and close look at #CropDiversity that may be unfamiliar to them, the trials provide scientists with insights into plant performance and farmer preferences, which can then feed into breeding and other research efforts."

Learn more:
https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/news/article/bolders-citizen-science-approach-unlocks-new-opportunities-for-underutilized-crops-in-benin-and-tanzania/

#BOLDER #BOLDERInitiative #SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity
#BuildingResilience #ClimateResiliency
#ClimateChange #AlternativeCrops

Deutschland sucht #Igel und #Maulwurf“
18. bis 28. September
Wer eines der beiden Tiere entdeckt, kann die Beobachtung melden.
Im #Herbst kann ein #Garten für Igel wichtig werden. Die Tiere sind auf Nahrungssuche. Gleichzeitig bereiten sie sich auf ihren Winterschlaf vor. Herbstlaub auf Beeten oder unter Sträuchern bietet ihnen dabei beides: geschützte Verstecke und reichlich Nahrung. Wer Laub liegen lässt, ist also nicht faul, sondern igelfreundlich.
#CitizenScience

https://www.mdr.de/wissen/umwelt-klima/tiere-im-garten-zaehlen-hobby-forschung-,igel-maulwurf-100.html

Deutschland sucht #Igel und #Maulwurf“
18. bis 28. September
Wer eines der beiden Tiere entdeckt, kann die Beobachtung melden.
Im #Herbst kann ein #Garten für Igel wichtig werden. Die Tiere sind auf Nahrungssuche. Gleichzeitig bereiten sie sich auf ihren Winterschlaf vor. Herbstlaub auf Beeten oder unter Sträuchern bietet ihnen dabei beides: geschützte Verstecke und reichlich Nahrung. Wer Laub liegen lässt, ist also nicht faul, sondern igelfreundlich.
#CitizenScience

https://www.mdr.de/wissen/umwelt-klima/tiere-im-garten-zaehlen-hobby-forschung-,igel-maulwurf-100.html

Blick über Heustapeln auf eine Kirche und Ortschaft
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Wolfgang Breitkopf
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2117
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Blick über Heustapeln auf eine Kirche und Ortschaft
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen,
Autor: Wolfgang Breitkopf
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/2117
Wo genau wurde dieses Foto aufgenommen? Helfen Sie mit Ihrem Wissen!
#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃
For #FossilFriday I’m #CountingBones. The bison pelvis is one of the biggest bones in the skeleton — but in the Midwest museum and institutional collections I;ve visited, it almost never survives whole.

Out of 41 county and city institutions, only four had pelvis material at all: 10 pieces, all partial.

If you like raw data—and the not-so-raw stories behind it—read Lost Bones on Substack:

https://marcusbrandel.substack.com/

#Pleistocene #Holocene #Bison #Paleontology #MNMuseums #CitizenScience

🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃
For #FossilFriday I’m #CountingBones. The bison pelvis is one of the biggest bones in the skeleton — but in the Midwest museum and institutional collections I;ve visited, it almost never survives whole.

Out of 41 county and city institutions, only four had pelvis material at all: 10 pieces, all partial.

If you like raw data—and the not-so-raw stories behind it—read Lost Bones on Substack:

https://marcusbrandel.substack.com/

#Pleistocene #Holocene #Bison #Paleontology #MNMuseums #CitizenScience

Es geht wieder los:

Wie entwickeln sich die Bestände von #Igel und #Maulwurf in Deutschland?

Verlässliche Populationszahlen fehlen bislang. Eine bundesweite Citizen-Science-Aktion sammelt deshalb bis zum 28. September Sichtungen beider Tierarten und von Maulwurfshügeln. Die langfristig angelegte Zählung soll helfen, Veränderungen der Bestände besser zu erfassen.

https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/nachrichten/naturschutz-zaehlaktion-wer-hat-igel-und-maulwurf-gesehen

#Artenschutz #CitizenScience #Wildtiere #biodiversity #environment

Es geht wieder los:

Wie entwickeln sich die Bestände von #Igel und #Maulwurf in Deutschland?

Verlässliche Populationszahlen fehlen bislang. Eine bundesweite Citizen-Science-Aktion sammelt deshalb bis zum 28. September Sichtungen beider Tierarten und von Maulwurfshügeln. Die langfristig angelegte Zählung soll helfen, Veränderungen der Bestände besser zu erfassen.

https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/nachrichten/naturschutz-zaehlaktion-wer-hat-igel-und-maulwurf-gesehen

#Artenschutz #CitizenScience #Wildtiere #biodiversity #environment

Zwischenstand Kartierung Friedhof Girbelsrath

https://www.schotterschreck.de/2026/09/18/kartierung-friedhof-girbelsrath/

Hello, everyone,
This Saturday, the Revel City Hall is organizing a day of introduction to #AdaptiveSports in a natural setting - adaptive #cycling and #hiking on the shores of Lake Saint-Ferréol (Montagne Noire, Occitanie, France). To raise participants’ awareness of the #environment , I will be leading a workshop introducing and exploring #CitizenScience : https://www.culturediff.org/english/workshops-on-biodiversity.html#ancre4

Below: trying out an adapted bike
More photos to come 😉

@nature
#handicap #disability #sport

Hello, everyone,
This Saturday, the Revel City Hall is organizing a day of introduction to #AdaptiveSports in a natural setting - adaptive #cycling and #hiking on the shores of Lake Saint-Ferréol (Montagne Noire, Occitanie, France). To raise participants’ awareness of the #environment , I will be leading a workshop introducing and exploring #CitizenScience : https://www.culturediff.org/english/workshops-on-biodiversity.html#ancre4

Below: trying out an adapted bike
More photos to come 😉

@nature
#handicap #disability #sport

🔭 Citizen science is heading into physics classrooms. The HOYS project (Hunting Outbursting Young Stars) wrote an article for issue 5 of Focus, the Swiss Physical Society series, this one on modern physics in schools. Amateurs feed images of young variable stars into an open archive at the University of Kent.

📅 17 Sep 2026
🔗 https://hoys.space/lightcurve-of-the-week-401/

#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Science

🔭 Citizen science is heading into physics classrooms. The HOYS project (Hunting Outbursting Young Stars) wrote an article for issue 5 of Focus, the Swiss Physical Society series, this one on modern physics in schools. Amateurs feed images of young variable stars into an open archive at the University of Kent.

📅 17 Sep 2026
🔗 https://hoys.space/lightcurve-of-the-week-401/

#CitizenScience #Astronomy #DataScience #Science

Blick auf Waltersdorf und die Lausche
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Waltersdorf, Großschönau
Autor: Alfred Hartig, Ingeborg Paul
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1915

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Blick auf Waltersdorf und die Lausche
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Waltersdorf, Großschönau
Autor: Alfred Hartig, Ingeborg Paul
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1915

#CitizenScience #landscape #photography

Anmeldung Hummel-Monitoring 2027

https://www.schotterschreck.de/2026/09/17/anmeldung-hummel-monitoring-2027/