citizen science
Get involved in scientific research
Citizen science projects involve volunteers who assist scientists and researchers in gathering data, conducting experiments, or analyzing information. In eWHALE, citizen scientists make valuable contributions by collecting large amounts of data from diverse locations, which would be challenging for scientists to obtain on their own.
Video courtesy of CW Azores, Filmed and Edited by Stefano Ulivi
Participate in eWHALE Citizen Science activities
You can take part in the testing of the e-DNA technology by participating in an outing of one of following whale watching operators:
CETACEAN WATCHING AZORES Pico, Azores
WHALE WATCH WEST CORK Cork, Ireland
NORTH SAILING Húsavík, Iceland
TETHYS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Milano, Italy
Other whale citizen science projects
An initiative for the general public to report observations of marine life. A publicly-available database is available for submission of observations.
An application to promote the use of mobile technology to promote the use of mobile technology to provide citizen science recordings of marine megafauna.
A citizen science initiative that enlists recreational sailors and cruisers to assist with marine mammal research by photographing the distinct patterns on the tails of humpback whales in their Caribbean breeding grounds.
A network of projects to engage members of the public in scientific data collection for the purpose of monitoring whales, dolphins, and marine debris.
A repository of Belgian observations of live and stranded marine mammals and turtles coordinated by the Royal Belgian Institute of Royal Sciences.
A public Facebook group for submissions of whale observations around Iceland. These sightings are then added to a public Google map.
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