The benefits and negative impacts of citizen science applications to water as experienced by participants and communities

DW Walker, M Smigaj, M Tani - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science is proliferating in the water sciences with increasing public involvement in
monitoring water resources, climate variables, water quality, and in mapping and modeling …

The role of citizen science in addressing grand challenges in food and agriculture research

SF Ryan, NL Adamson, A Aktipis… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The power of citizen science to contribute to both science and society is gaining increased
recognition, particularly in physics and biology. Although there is a long history of public …

The diversity of participants in environmental citizen science

RM Pateman, A Dyke, SE West - Citizen Science: Theory …, 2021 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Reported benefits of environmental citizen science include the collection of large volumes of
data, knowledge and skills gained by participants, local action, and policy influence …

Citizen science terminology matters: Exploring key terms

M Eitzel, J Cappadonna… - … science: Theory and …, 2017 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Much can be at stake depending on the choice of words used to describe citizen science,
because terminology impacts how knowledge is developed. Citizen science is a quickly …

Participatory research for environmental justice: a critical interpretive synthesis

LF Davis, MD Ramírez-Andreotta - Environmental health …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Environmental health risks are disproportionately colocated with communities
in poverty and communities of color. In some cases, participatory research projects have …

Citizen science: Probing the virtues and contexts of participatory research

AH Kimura, A Kinchy - Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2016 - estsjournal.org
Citizen science is an increasingly popular activity, from bird counts to amateur water sample
collection to air quality monitoring. Researchers and theorists in the field of science and …

The role of citizen science in promoting health equity

LG Rosas, P Rodriguez Espinosa… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
While there are many definitions of citizen science, the term usually refers to the participation
of the general public in the scientific process in collaboration with professional scientists …

Citizen science for sustainable agriculture–A systematic literature review

L Ebitu, H Avery, KA Mourad, J Enyetu - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Farmers as volunteers in research could potentially provide a rich resource for exploring
sustainable agricultural research questions. To discern emerging patterns in citizen science …

Lead in air, soil, and blood: Pb poisoning in a changing world

HW Mielke, CR Gonzales, ET Powell… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Leaded petrol became a worldwide vehicle fuel during the 20th century.
While leaded petrol was totally banned on 30 August 2021, its lead (Pb) dust legacy remains …

From content knowledge to community change: A review of representations of environmental health literacy

KM Gray - International journal of environmental research and …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental health literacy (EHL) is a relatively new framework for conceptualizing how
people understand and use information about potentially harmful environmental exposures …