A new study analyzed data, images, and recordings from platforms that crowdsource observations from all over the world to identify birds “lost to science.” In total, the project, called The Search for ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.

Such citizen science and crowdsourced data sources are growing fast, generating a wealth of unprecedented new information that can be leveraged for predictive flood modeling and decision-making.