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Marine Citizen Science: Current State in Europe and New Technological Developments
Marine citizen science is emerging with promising opportunities for science, policy and
public but there is still no comprehensive overview of the current state in Europe.
Based on 127 projects identified for the North Sea area we estimate there might be
as much as 500 marine and coastal citizen science projects running in Europe, i.e.,
one marine citizen science project per 85 km of coastline, with an exponential growth
since 1990. Beach-based projects are more accessible and hence most popular (60%
of the projects), and the mean duration of the projects is 18–20 years. Current trends,
topics, organizers, aims, and types of programme in terms of participation are presented
in this overview. Progress in marine citizen science is specially enabled and promoted
through technological developments. Recent technological advances and best practise
examples are provided here, untapping the potential of smart mobile apps, do-it-yourself
(DIY) technologies, drones, and artificial intelligence (AI) web servicesVersión del edito