February 13, 2019
Citizen science (and art)
Juno carries a visible light camera, JunoCam, which is intended primarily to take photos that, it’s hoped, will provoke public interest in …
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June 5, 2018
An aurora named Steve
In 2015 and 2016, more than 30 reports of odd, purple-hued ribbons of light over southern Canada popped up in forums on Aurorasaurus, a citizen …
November 8, 2017
Desktop seismology: How a maker-inspired device is changing seismic monitoring
Earth groans and shimmies constantly, producing everything from occasional building-collapsing earthquakes to subtle shaking humans don’t even …
February 1, 2016
Geomedia: Apps: Join the crowd: Introducing a new generation of geo-apps
At a time when the technical and computing capabilities of science are evolving at breakneck speeds, it might seem like researchers would always …
August 7, 2014
Changing the landscape: Geoscientists embrace 3-D printing
In a modest, low-slung room tucked in the back of Oregon State University’s Pacific Slope Archaeological Laboratory, a small box sits quietly …
July 10, 2014
People's earthquake reports influenced more by locomotion than location
Intensity scales like the Modified Mercalli scale, used in the U.S., and the European Macroseismic scale measure the strength of shaking produced …
January 5, 2012
Using Citizens in Science Research
Stars, just like people, have finite life spans. Some die quietly. Others go out in a blaze of glory, as supernovae. These brilliant explosions …
January 5, 2012
The rise of community remote sensing
If you ask someone involved in community remote sensing to define the emerging field, the most likely response will be a chuckle followed by …