While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional
management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to …

Open Science (OS) aims, in part, to drive greater societal impact of academic research.
Government, funder and institutional policies state that it should further democratize …

CoastSnap is a low-cost community beach monitoring program that turns everyday
smartphones into devices to measure coastal response to storms, sea-level rise, human …

Citizen science programs enable community involvement in scientific research. In addition to
fostering greater science literacy, some citizen science programs aim to foster engagement …

Over the last decade, significant advances in citizen science have occurred, allowing
projects to extend in scope from the ocean floor to the Milky Way and cover almost …

The development and uptake of citizen science and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for
ecological monitoring is increasing rapidly. Citizen science and AI allow scientists to create …

Abstract Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is highly underrepresented in the citizen science
literature, despite the instrumental (data-focused) and capacity-building (society-focused) …

The role of citizen science in environmental monitoring has received interest in the research
community over the last decade, with citizen scientists playing a key role in engaging with …

Marine ecosystems are facing a dramatic loss of biodiversity worldwide, together with a
widespread collapse of habitats and their functionality. In this context, Marine Citizen …

Active and meaningful public engagement is necessary to foster informed and publicly
accepted natural resource management. Citizen science presents an important avenue by …