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OOS 66 - Science at Scale: From Local Data Collection to Global Change

Thursday, August 10, 2023
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Location: 252

Biodiversity is under increased threat from a changing climate. To document response and discover the underlying mechanisms, data sharing and leveraging across the widest range of sources; that is, from “all ecologists,” is crucial. Inclusion of non-scientists into the praxis of science, including rigorous data collection, allows science to be conducted at temporal and spatial scales that would be impossible for traditional academic scientists acting alone. Public participation in science, variably known as citizen science, community science, and crowdsourcing, invites hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people who share interests to participate as a member of the science team. Local experts often understand the ecosystem in ways that scientific experts miss. Allowing for multiple “ways of knowing” can help shape the questions ecologists ask and the ways we ask them, and can lead to a rich, culturally-informed understanding of ecological issues. Engaging community at all levels can demonstrate to the non-scientific audience how science can have dramatic, tangible impacts on environmental health and ecosystem stewardship. Talks in this session will showcase six long-standing programs driven by public participation combined with quantitative ecology to address biodiversity, ecosystem and community health in the face of global forcing.

Presentations:

  • 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Seeing the big picture though a local lens: Modeling the impacts of climate on North Pacific seabirds

    Presenting Author: Julia Parrish – University of Washington

    Co-author: Jacqueline Lindsey – University of Washington

    Co-author: Timothy Jones – University of Washington

  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Linking local wildflower observations to climate and visitor experiences: A decadal study of alpine meadows

    Presenting Author: Aji John – University of Washington

    Co-author: Aji John – University of Washington

    Co-author: Janneke HilleRisLambers – ETH Zürich

    Co-author: Anthony F. Cannistra – University of Washington

    Co-author: Emmi Lia – University of Washington

    Co-author: Rubén D. Manzanedo – ETH Zürich

    Co-author: Meera L. Sethi – University of Washington

    Co-author: Jordana Sevigny – Pacific Northwest Research Institute

    Co-author: Elli J. Theobald – University of Washington

    Co-author: Berry J. Brosi, PhD – University of Washington

    Co-author: Jazzmine K. Waugh – University of Washington

    Co-author: Ava Kloss-Schmidt – University of Washington

    Co-author: Anna Wilson – University of Washington

    Co-author: Joshua Jenkins – University of Washington

    Co-author: Annie Schiffer – Utah State University

    Co-author: Yonit Yogev – National Park Service

  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    A citizen science view of the rise and fall of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) in Florida

    Presenting Author: Brice Semmens – Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

    Co-author: Dan Greenberg – Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)

    Co-author: Christy Pattengill-Semmens – Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)

  • 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Soil, water, food: Community cultivation of science and justice

    Presenting Author: Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta – University of Arizona

  • 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    Surveying canaries in a coal mine: The power of public participation to advance understanding of air pollution impacts on birds

    Presenting Author: Olivia Sanderfoot – University of California, Los Angeles

    Co-author: Morgan Tingley – University of California, Los Angeles

  • 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Citizen science across two centuries reveals phenological change among plant species and functional groups in the Northeastern US.

    Co-Author: Kerissa Fuccillo Battle, PhD – Community Greenways Collaborative, Inc (501c3)

    Presenting Author: Catherine De Rviera – Portland State University