citizen – Citizen Science Today

Citizen Scientists Chase Total Solar Eclipse

Rachael Lallensack — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:00:44 +0000

Excerpt: Fred Isberner is a retired healthcare professor in Carbondale, Illinois. But on 21 August, the 69-year-old will be collecting data about the Sun’s superheated outer atmosphere during a total solar eclipse. Isberner is one of thousands of people across the United States who plan to gather data during the event. Their combined efforts will...

Hong Kong citizen scientists localise mosquito tracking app to let people report sightings of the disease carriers

Rachel Cheung — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 18:00:38 +0000

Excerpt: Phone-wielding and bare-armed, I follow Scott Edmunds and Mendel Wong to a small park in the Mid-Levels area of Hong Kong Island, where a dengue outbreak occurred last year. We hit the jackpot within five minutes – a swarm of mosquitoes around a tree. With his phone, Wong snaps a picture of one that...