Category Archives: Citizen Science & Technology

The 2019 Anchorage Arctic Research Day will bring together Arctic researchers from the university, indigenous, federal, state, local, and non-profit entities, as well as members of the interested public in the Anchorage area. Participants will share their scholarship and a forum for participants to develop cross-disciplinary and cross-sector connections that will support expanded collaborations in…

This project will use sport language to discuss topics in Earth science to reach a large public audience in an innovative, unconventional way. Targeting sport fans active on social media, the project will create the hashtag #Geolympics and produce 5-7 articles that link events like the earthquake cycle or storms, to sports like football or…

Theft of crude oil, known as bunkering, is a significant problem in Nigeria and threatens biodiversity, food security, and human safety. The project aims to mitigate these threats through a two-part process. The first step will focus on educating communities of the importance of this issue, especially as related to the health of people and…

The workshop will allow high school students to learn about Earth and Space science topics through the creative, non-traditional learning process of songwriting. At the end of the month-long workshop, the group will produce two songs and students will be paired up to produce an additional 11 co-written songs. The songs will be performed live…

Using the RePicture app, this program will develop lesson plans that tell the stories of what earth scientists do, illustrate the potential careers in the field and demonstrate their importance. These lessons will be prepared for high school students and will include scientists of all demographics so female students and students of color can see…

Clean Air Carolina (CAC) is establishing a statewide monitoring network in North Carolina designed to gather scientifically relevant particle pollution (PM2.5) data and connect communities with information needed to protect their health and advocate for change. CAC is aiming to have sensors installed in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties by the end of 2019…

While there has been significant media attention on the issue of plastics in the ocean, the similar problem of plastics in the river network has received less notice. This project will add microplastics to a ‘River in a Box’ exhibit to demonstrate how these particles can be transported to the ocean and how events like…

The goal of this initiative is to apply the innovative research and expertise of earth scientists at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) to create community-based ambassadors of environment in India and Myanmar. The project will enable community members, specifically women, to become effective local environmental stewards and advocates in the fight against the use of…

This project will create a mobile-first web application, Earthtunes, to retrieve open seismic data from various seismic stations and turn the seismic wave data into sound waves. This will allow the public, educations and researchers to better view and hear the dynamics of the solid Earth, creating a differently accessible tool. A kiosk will be…

Augmented Reality (AR) systems are those in which real and virtual environments and objects can coexist and be acted upon in real time (Azuma 1997). This combination of virtual and real allows users to access contextually relevant multimedia content in a way that allows for an immediate integration of new information into action by further…