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...

CrowdHydrology’s biggest feature yet, the Morning Edition show on National Public Radio. Professor Chris Lowry needed to collect information on stream levels in Western New York but didn’t have enough funding for the traditional methods, so he turned to a more creative option: crowdsourcing. Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with him about his research...

CrowdHydrology noticed by industry publication, Environmental Monitor. Chris Lowry’s idea was simple: set up staff gauges on local streams and leave a sign requesting passersby read the water level and text the data to a phone number. Data from text messages would be recorded and then posted to a website for public use. It was the beginning of CrowdHydrology, a...