Public participation in scientific research is a growing trend. Citizen science, as it is called, typically involves data collection by members of the public who pass their information along to researchers trying to answer real-world questions.
In support of National Volunteer Week (April 12 -18), the National Ocean Service ran a social media campaign this week highlighting some of the more popular citizen science opportunities available at NOS, including NCCOS’s Phytoplankton Monitoring Network, established to monitor marine phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms.
