The Climate-influenced Nutrient Flows and Threats to the Biodiversity of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BZ-SDG) project, supported by NASA’s Biological Diversity and Ecological Forecasting Program, focuses on studying the impacts of current and future riverine discharge on the health of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS). While
The growing promise of community-based monitoring and citizen science
Over recent decades, community-based environmental monitoring (often called “co-created citizen science”) has exploded in popularity. A special section in BioScience examines the potential for such efforts and makes recommendations for future directions. In an overview article on the concept, practice, application and results of community-based monitoring, the potential for monitoring
Monitoring the nature crisis using space-borne platforms
In our Digital Age, human beings are confronted with two major environmental crises: climate change and biodiversity loss. The first has garnered widespread public attention and funding to tackle, whereas the latter operates more quietly in the background. One of the key challenges to solve the biodiversity crisis is the