Taking scientific measures: Public can help research project by submitting refuge gauge...

February 25, 2015 | Crowdsourcing Water Data Technology is increasing opportunities for crowdsourcing water data. CrowdHydrology, a new phone application that debuted at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Dec. 2014, allows citizen scientists to report stream depths at various gauging stations and is run in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey. The...

Crowdsourcing science Helen Quinn investigates the potential of ‘citizen science’ for geology Full article: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/August-2014/Crowdsourcing-science  

Fast Co. Article by Zac Stone Crowd Hydrology—which started with just a ruler in a stream and a request to passersby to record the height—uses simple text messages to take measurements where the government can no longer afford to send people. Full article: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682571/an-army-of-citizen-scientists-is-tracking-our-water-levels...