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#CrowdCloudLIVE After each episode's WORLD premiere in April, show host, producer, and people seen on the show participated in post-premiere roundtable discussions. Viewers like you listened in, asked questions, and were able to dive deeper into the power of Citizen Science.

Watch the recorded Facebook Live events now. Discover more about how Citizen Science is revolutionizing the ways we gather, analyze, and utilize the data that fuels scientific research, discovery, and community action.

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Blue Water Task Force
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GOAL:

Surfers and beach-goers monitor water quality at local beaches, bays, and ponds.

When the surf’s up, sometimes pollution is also riding the waves. The Surfrider Foundation created the Blue Water Task Force, a volunteer-run, water testing, education and advocacy program for the coastlines of America. There are a lot of different chapters to choose from whether you’re on the sandy beaches of California or the bustling coast of New York, and even Canadians have a chapter (even though they prefer sports involving frozen water!). Thanks to citizen scientists, this project has already been successful in identifying incidents of water pollution, and continues to work with local stakeholders to find solutions. The Blue Water Task Force aims to fill in data gaps where state agencies can’t afford to monitor all the time, and improve public knowledge of beach safety. Surfrider Foundation is also a supporter of the Smartfin initiative, profiled in CROWD & CLOUD program 4, Citizens4Earth.

http://surfrider.org/blue-water-task-force