Participatory Citizen Science, Critical Zone Science and Open Science as a new era of environmental knowledge for society
Convener:
Taru Sandén
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Co-conveners:
Jannis Groh,
Sylvain Kuppel,
Daniel Dörler,
Florian Heigl,
Tamer Abu-Alam,
Dilek Fraisl
Orals
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Thu, 27 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 0.94/95
Posters on site
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Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X3
Posters virtual
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Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) vHall SSS
Citizen science is gaining momentum across multiple disciplines, increasing multi-scale data production that is extending the frontiers of knowledge. Successful participatory science enterprises and citizen observatories can potentially be scaled-up in order to contribute to larger policy strategies and actions (e.g. the European Earth Observation monitoring systems), for example to be integrated in GEOSS and Copernicus. Making credible contributions to science can empower citizens to actively participate as citizen stewards in decision making, helping to bridge scientific disciplines.
Critical zone science is an integrative, transdisciplinary approach where the spatio-temporal interactions between life, energy and matter cycles in natural and anthropogenic environments are jointly considered through the combined lens of climatology, hydrology, soil science, ecology, geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, geology and/or other fields. The number and richness of critical zone observatories established around the world are increasing and gaining strength (e.g., TERENO, OZCAR, DOE watersheds, eLTER).
Both citizen science and critical zone science can be seen in the context of Open Science, which is a broad movement embracing Open Data, Open Technology, Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Source, Open Methodology, and Open Peer Review. Increasingly, access to research data has become a core issue in the advance of science.
Open science, citizen science and critical zone science pose great challenges for researchers to facilitate effective participatory and actionable science, yet they are of critical importance to modern research and decision-makers.
We want to ask and find answers to the following questions:
Which approaches and tools can be used in Earth and planetary observation?
What are the biggest challenges in bridging geoscientific disciplines and how to overcome them?
How can we make knowledge on critical zone functioning transferable from one observatory to another place?
What kind of participatory citizen scientist involvement and open science strategies exist?
What kind of community-level perspectives exist regarding the limitations, challenges, and ethical considerations for collaborative, transdisciplinary and/or open science?
How can citizen science and open science approaches and initiatives be supported on different levels?
14:00–14:05
5-minute convener introduction
Citizen Science and Open Science
14:15–14:25
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EGU23-2698
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On-site presentation
14:25–14:35
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EGU23-15940
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ECS
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On-site presentation
14:35–14:45
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EGU23-12542
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Virtual presentation
14:45–14:55
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EGU23-14528
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ECS
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Highlight
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On-site presentation
Critizal Zone Science
14:55–15:15
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EGU23-4538
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solicited
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On-site presentation
15:15–15:25
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EGU23-12067
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solicited
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Virtual presentation
15:25–15:35
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EGU23-7816
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ECS
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On-site presentation
15:35–15:45
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EGU23-11691
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On-site presentation
Citizen Science and Open Science
X3.92
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EGU23-172
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ECS
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Highlight
Critical Zone Science
X3.99
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EGU23-14754
Modeling soil moisture variations for direct groundwater recharge estimation in the critical zone
(withdrawn)
Citizen Science and Open Science
vSSS.2
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EGU23-9749
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Highlight
Critical Zone Science