Top 20 Citizen Science Projects of 2020

Citizen science has seen significant growth during the pandemic. In 2020, these were the top projects on SciStarter.org.

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By Bob Hirshon
Dec 30, 2020 12:00 AMDec 30, 2020 12:41 AM
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As the pandemic reshapes learning and pushes some toward new hobbies and passions, citizen science is seeing significant growth. Thanks to nearly 100,000 registered SciStarter users and many other visitors in 2020 alone, we collectively helped scientists accelerate research about COVID-19, monitor light pollution and climate change, catalogue biodiversity all around the globe and understand our world in so many other ways.

In 2020, registered SciStarter users contributed data more than three million times to SciStarter Affiliate projects.

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