OTTERS
The vision of the OTTERS project (Social Transformation for Water Stewardship through Scaling Up Citizen Science) is to demonstrate the effective embedding of citizen science in initiatives seeking societal transformation …
Observers App
Earth is facing a global biodiversity and climate crisis, and now more than ever we need to monitor marine megafauna. Marine megafauna species are indicators of ecosystem health. If we …
GelAvista
GelAvista is the citizen science project responsible for jellyfish monitoring in the Portuguese coast, Azores and Madeira archipelagos, launched in February 2016. It aims to involve the community in the …
Achieving a new European Energy Awareness (AURORA)
“It is people who make the difference in climate change, indeed it is often the poorest in our society who stand to gain most from reducing their carbon emissions and …
Marine mammals in Belgium
Collecting data on strandings and sightings of marine mammals is important as such data can provide us with a lot of information about marine mammals, their population trends, problems they …
Koster Seafloor Observatory
Koster Seafloor Observatory (KSO) is a system that combines citizen science and machine learning for automated analysis of subsea movies. The system offers volunteers to assist scientists by watching snapshots …
IceWatchApp
Ice Watch (https://icewatch.met.no/) is a program coordinating routine visual observations of sea-ice, including icebergs and meteorological parameters. The program has already collected over 5,600 records from numerous ship voyages and …
OSPARITO
The class is immersed in a detective fiction to apply a scientific protocol of trash quantification. The data collected will be used in large European scientific programs. Thus, the children …
FILMAR: Promotion of public participation in marine mammal research in …
The sea and its coasts are recognized engines of the economy worldwide for their great potential for innovation and growth (Report of the European Commission, 2012). The European Union (EU) …
Walking on the Sea Traces
Our individual behaviors, lifestyles and daily choices have a great impact on the environment that surrounds us, but they can also influence environments that are far and apparently distant from …
Explore Your Shore!
Ireland has 3,171 km of coastline and yet we have relatively few records of intertidal and coastal marine species. We lack a strong tradition of the public recording intertidal species. …
Sharks and Rays in Greece and Cyprus
Sharks and rays have been present on earth for nearly half a billion years, with more than 1,250 extant species. The pivotal importance of cartilaginous fish for marine ecosystems is …
Observadores del mar
Portal for collecting observations and sightings that sea lovers make during their activities, whether professional or leisure.
It consists of a multi-function platform, through which any citizen can collaborate with …
Capturing our Coast
We believe that the responsibility for protecting our seas and wonderful marine biodiversity belongs to all of us. Since January 2016, Capturing Our Coast (CoCoast) has trained almost 3,000 citizen …