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The LandSeaLot Citizen Science hub is a space to share ideas and initiatives that unlock the potential of citizen science for observing the land-sea interface. Explore how researchers and local communities are working together to fill knowledge gaps and address scientific questions in response to environmental challenges.
Citizen science is public participation in scientific research, offering people and communities the opportunity to develop their skills and make meaningful contributions to scientific research. All over the world, people are contributing to science by observing their surroundings and local area, gathering information, collecting samples and more.
Land-sea interface areas like coasts, estuaries and bays are densely populated areas of huge environmental and societal relevance. The more we know about these essential areas, the better we can understand and protect them in the long term. Within LandSeaLot, researchers, fishers, aquaculture companies, marinas, NGOs and people who live or work in land-sea interface areas are creating new opportunities to observe these areas together. The results of this evolving Community of Practice will inform and guide future efforts to enhance collaboration amongst scientists and local communities in land-sea areas across Europe.
To increase observation, LandSeaLot researchers and affiliated citizen science groups are testing and validating cost-effective technology: affordable, easy to use sensors and other devices for gathering marine and coastal data.
This technology makes it easier than ever for more people to observe the natural world. In the initial stages of the project, researchers, citizens and civil society will engage in training, testing and exchanging knowledge with LandSeaLot researchers. The resulting data will be used by project partners and fed into European marine open data services, namely EMODnet, for future use. These activities are laying the groundwork for significant public participation in scientific research on an international scale, building observation capacity and knowledge in the long term.
Explore how LandSeaLot is equipping citizens and researchers with cost-effective technology to address scientific and societal challenges
Citizen scientists are using a wealth of low cost sensors to contribute observations. See more at scoop-ocean.org.
Images from scoop-ocean.org
LandSeaLot has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement No 101134575. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. UK participants in Horizon Europe Project LandSeaLot are supported by UKRI grant numbers: 10109592 University of Stirling and 10107554 Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
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