A community project in the Kigezi Highlands is helping to identify landslide and flooding hot spots and how the hazards are evolving.
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A Community-Led Landslide Prediction System in India
In a first-of-its-kind disaster prevention initiative, a meteorology-based landslide prediction system was developed as a crowdsourced science effort.
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Crowdsourced Weather Projects Boost Climate Science Research
Historic observations, manually transcribed from handwritten records, are giving scientists a fresh glimpse into Victorian era climate.
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At-Home Astronomers Help Discover a New, Unique Exoplanet
Amateur astronomers sifting through NASA’s public data uncovered a long-orbit gas giant that could help scientists understand how these planets form.
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A Simple Model Predicts Household Lead Exposure Risk
Using both sample data and crowdsourced science, a new model effectively identified houses at risk for higher concentrations of lead.
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Crowdsourced Science Helps Monitor Air Quality in Smoke-Damaged Homes
Researchers collaborate with residents to measure airborne chemicals in homes and evaluate how clean the air really is after remediation from Colorado’s Marshall Fire.
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Magnetic Stop Signs Show Birds the Way Home
Just like salmon and sea turtles, these songbirds appear to be sensitive to shifts in the magnetic field.
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Drones and Crowdsourced Science Aid Great Lakes Data Collection
Important data collection can aid coastal monitoring and management.
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Crowdsourced Science Helps Map Vancouver’s “Smellscape”
Exposure to stinky odors can affect human health, but quantifying smells can be difficult.