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People of all ages can participate in citizen science projects, like the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
Credit: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS
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Long-running citizen science project eBird relies on birdwatchers to collect data on bird population and habitat. In May 2015, there were 9.5 million records uploaded to eBird's database. These are two male house finches in Montana.
Credit: Jeanette Tasey, Cornell Lab
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An artists rendition of a gamma-ray pulsar. One NSF-funded citizen science project harnesses idle computer time to search for astrophysical signals (like gamma-ray pulsars).
Credit: NASA/Fermi/Cruz de Wilde
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Phytoplankton like this are the foundation of the oceanic food chain. Plankton Portal enlists citizen scientists to identify images of plankton, which helps researchers understand plankton diversity, habitat and behavior.
Credit: NOAA MESA Project
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