31 Mar 2022
A superhuman effort by an army of volunteers during the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown has resulted in 5.2 million rainfall observations, recorded by hand on paper sheets now stored in the Met Office archives, being added to a digital national record. The record now has significantly more data for pre-1960 and has filled in what […]
01 Jul 2020
The latest newsletter from CaBA (Catchment Based Approach) outlines a new initiative to drive citizen science forward. The Rivers Trust and its partners have launched the new Catchment Monitoring Cooperative Consultation Hub which we hope will create a radical step-change in the contribution of citizen science and community monitoring. This is the first stage of […]
09 Mar 2020
The Sea Watch Foundation’s 2019 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event (July 27th – August 4th) revealed striking biodiversity with an impressive thirteen species of cetaceans seen around the British Isles, a number which has only been recorded twice before in the history of the event. The total number of sightings (over 2,000) exceeded last […]
22 Jan 2018
Jane Delany: We have been funded by NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) to scope out a national community for public engagement in the environmental sciences bringing together organisational stakeholders and community groups. Together we will produce a collective vision that will define this community, to embed members of the public in the scientific process, informing […]
19 Apr 2017
Waterwise ‘The Great British Water Watch (GBWW) is a citizen science project run by Waterwise to collect information on household water use. Sign me up! Please send my GBWW Pack Members of your household will be citizen scientists collecting information on your water use for 1 week. You will be sent your Great British Water Watch Pack, […]
10 Oct 2016
Two articles looking to improve our understanding of lugworm ecology and explain bait digging rules Lugworms and citizen science and Bait digging and the law – the facts The Angling Trust has produced a new factsheet to help sea anglers and clubs understand more about bait digging and the law when anglers digging their own […]
30 Aug 2016
Big Seaweed Search BSS is a new partnership citizen science project with MCS and the Natural History Museum – although the survey itself is not new as it launched in 2009. The BSS is all about unlocking the secrets of our seaweeds to track change on British seashores. We invite individuals and groups to contribute […]
25 Jul 2016
A study published today in Nature’s online journal Scientific Reports (www.nature.com/articles/srep30164) has shown that temperature profiles from scuba divers’ computers can be compiled to provide accurate records across the globe that add to our existing monitoring network in inshore areas. The potential of scuba divers to provide vital information about the temperature of our oceans […]
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