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Citizen Science

  • Armed with smartphones and an Android app, citizens are mapping invasive plants in Tamil Nadu

    Armed with smartphones and an Android app, citizens are mapping invasive plants in Tamil Nadu

    Sharada Balasubramanian
    · Dec 23, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • By crowdsourcing information on hornbill species, a new project is aiding their conservation

    By crowdsourcing information on hornbill species, a new project is aiding their conservation

    Rishika Pardikar
    · Nov 01, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • How a group of school students discovered the sounds of solar storms

    How a group of school students discovered the sounds of solar storms

    Martin Archer, The Conversation
    · Oct 20, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • Kole Birders: Citizen scientists in Kerala are helping build an atlas of the country’s bird species

    Kole Birders: Citizen scientists in Kerala are helping build an atlas of the country’s bird species

    S Gopikrishna Warrier
    · Aug 15, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • A sky spotter’s guide to discovering a new ‘species’ of cloud

    A sky spotter’s guide to discovering a new ‘species’ of cloud

    Graeme Marlton, The Conversation
    · Mar 30, 2018 · 11:30 pm