On April 2, PLOS ONE moderated a Twitter chat on citizen science (CS) methodologies. The dialogue brought together CS practitioners and stakeholders to cover questions on the standardisation of CS projects, the quality of data submitted by citizen scientists, guidelines for the design of CS studies, and much more. We invite you to check out this blogpost from PLOS ONE, which includes a review on the state of the art of citizen science research. Also, anyone can still follow and engage in the Twitter conversation by using the hashtag #citscichat – click here to see the full thread.
A new major driver in bottom-up action to tackle climate change
A new international project AURORA (“Achieving a new European Energy Awareness”) has been launched to empower the people of Europe to take ownership of the climate change debate. The project fosters an explicitly citizen-led, bottom-up approach compared to the more...
