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This presentation looks at the relationship between environmental uncertainty, citizen science, and big data in the context of bioacoustics. Bioacoustics isolates, records, and monitors sounds emitted from living organisms, and has been a cost-effective means to monitor long-term changes in biodiversity. An expanding network of data collectors marks an important shift for the future of the earth, since global research teams are involved in collecting data that appropriately represents ecological change. Online sonic archives rely on “citizen scientists” to gather such data.
Contact:
Nancy Metz | nancy.metz@uleth.ca | (403) 380-1814