Are jellyfish populations increasing around the world? Like the weather, jellyfish blooms are something that many people talk about, but few people do anything about. One exception would be MBARI's Steve Haddock, a marine ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2019
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Seismology has a Big Data problem. Northwestern University seismologists think everyday citizens are the solution.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2019
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New methods of counting wildlife could provide conservationists with fast and accurate methods for estimating the abundance of natural populations.
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2019
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For more than a decade, citizen science projects have helped researchers use the power of thousands of volunteers who help sort through datasets that are too large for a small research team. Previously, this data generally ...
Ecology
Feb 6, 2019
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Games can help people engage with science outside of the traditional realm of research and academia. And using games in ecological research is on the rise, helping ecologists answer questions they'd never be able to in a ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2019
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Citizen science is a boon for researchers, providing reams of data about everything from animal species to distant galaxies.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2019
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Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of wild cats for their research, have answered that question.
Ecology
Jan 23, 2019
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Imaging Earth from space is a favourite pastime for astronauts on the International space Station. They can set their cameras to automatically snap photos while they work, but often make time to Earth-gaze and take photos ...
Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2018
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A crucial part of studying southern resident killer whales is finding them and quickly alerting experts to send boats out to collect fecal samples or prey fragments to better understand what the whales are eating.
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2018
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The question of whether we're alone in the universe has haunted humankind for thousands of years, and it's one astronomer Jill Tarter has tried to answer for much of her life. Tarter, chair emeritus of the Center for SETI ...
Astronomy
Nov 2, 2018
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