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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(...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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