ToadNUTS hop over to cnn.com!
Check out http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html for this article published yesterday,
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Here are three snippets of the article;
(...By John D. Sutter CNN -- ...This "citizen science" movement is not exactly new, but it has grown fresh legs as the Internet and social-networking sites help people with uber-specified and often bizarre interests gang up for a cause...
...Dr. John Measey, a researcher with the institute, said by e-mail that some research on the toad would be possible without the volunteer efforts. But the "Toad NUTS" raise awareness and help scientists "obtain usable accurate data from a much wider area than we could possibly manage or fund," he wrote...
...She said citizen science is a way for people to connect with their local environment -- and to make a difference.
"There are so many problems in the world, but I think the main problem is that everybody is worried about everybody else's problems that they don't focus in on their little areas," she said...)
Copy and paste the link above for the full story!
Here are three snippets of the article;
(...By John D. Sutter CNN -- ...This "citizen science" movement is not exactly new, but it has grown fresh legs as the Internet and social-networking sites help people with uber-specified and often bizarre interests gang up for a cause...
...Dr. John Measey, a researcher with the institute, said by e-mail that some research on the toad would be possible without the volunteer efforts. But the "Toad NUTS" raise awareness and help scientists "obtain usable accurate data from a much wider area than we could possibly manage or fund," he wrote...
...She said citizen science is a way for people to connect with their local environment -- and to make a difference.
"There are so many problems in the world, but I think the main problem is that everybody is worried about everybody else's problems that they don't focus in on their little areas," she said...)
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