Big updates are on the way at CitSci! This fall, we’re launching new location privacy tools and changing how long data download files are kept. Here’s what’s new and what it means for the projects you participate in and/or lead. New: Location Blurring, Launching October 7 Location data can be incredibly valuable for participatory science.
Hello, CitSci community! This summer has had us out in the world and back at our desks in equal measure. In this newsletter, we’re featuring new functionality on the Observations page to make sorting and exploring your data easier, sharing how CitSci marched down the street in a Fourth of July parade that landed on C-SPAN, inviting
Madison Stroker found citizen science in a classroom. As a sophomore studying Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Colorado State University (CSU), she sat in on a guest lecture by CitSci director Greg Newman, who introduced the class to CitSci and the idea that anyone can take part in real scientific research. Madison had never heard
For my birthday this year, I asked eight of my friends to join me in Key West, Florida on a citizen science kayaking excursion. Our task? Document where seagrass is (and isn’t) growing so a collaborative team at the University of Tennessee: Dr. Hannah Herrero, the University of Florida: Dr. Jason Blackburn and Dr. Di
Every Independence Day, Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood lines its streets with families, flags, lawn chairs, and homemade signs for one of the city’s most beloved community traditions. This year, the 16th Annual Park Hill 4th of July Parade will have something a little different marching down the route: a celebration of community science. Caroline Nickerson,
Celebrate Earth Day (April 22), CSU Natural Resource Days, and Citizen Science Month (all throughout April) with a hands-on event that combines community action and real research. #LeaveNoTrash at CSU: April 22 Event On Wednesday, April 22 at 2 PM MT, teams from CitSci, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (ESS), and
April is Citizen Science Month, a global celebration of public participation in scientific research. As a partner of SciStarter, the leader of Citizen Science Month, CitSci is contributing acts of science. An “Act of Science” can be: Contributing data to a project. Analyzing images or datasets. Attending an event. Supporting research in any measurable way. If
The #LeaveNoTrash University Challenge is a student-centered spinoff of the existing Leave No Trace #LeaveNoTrash campaign. It’s a week-long event in April, designed to build a community of people who recognize the 7 Leave No Trace principles and apply them every place people live, work, and play, including college campuses and communities. This year, Cleanup
2025 was CitSci’s best year yet! Read our impact report, below, to learn more. Within the report, you’ll find: A snapshot of our most active year yet, with participants from 100+ countries and major growth in site engagement and reach Nearly 16,500 data observations contributed to citizen science projects, with participation peaking during Global Citizen
Choosing how your participants record where their data comes from is one of the most important design choices you’ll make when building a project and datasheet on CitSci.org. That’s why we give you, the project leaders, flexible tools for defining, assigning, and managing sites — whether you’re working with fixed monitoring stations, participant-created sites, or
