Welcome to the Citizen Science Show, a place to share stories of purpose about ecology. We explore the diverse activities of passionate people who record observations, gather empirical evidence and use technology to uncover scientific proof for positive social, cultural and political change. We hope that these stories will inspire and encourage you to take action and become a Citizen Scientist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#194 Listening to the Land: How Regenerative Farmer Martin Royds Is Rewriting the Rules of Agriculture
Aug 19, 202658mEp. 194S4
What is the Australian landscape trying to tell us, and are we actually listening? In this episode, host John Marsh sits down with regenerative farmer Martin Royds of Jillamatong, near Braidwood, NSW, to explore a philos
#196 Sharing is Caring: Dr Jessie Oliver on where to share and find Citizen Science
Aug 18, 202619mEp. 196S4
It's National Science Week, and Dani welcomes back a familiar face: Dr Jessie Oliver, Technical Manager of SciStarter Australia, the local home for finding and sharing citizen science projects across the country. Jessie
#196 Physics by Stealth: Associate Professor Dr Karen Livesey on Nanomagnets, Ghost Fungus and Getting Australia Curious About Science
Aug 17, 202622mEp. 196S4
It's National Science Week, and this episode is all about physics and the people bringing it to life across Australia. Dani sits down with Associate Professor Dr Karen Livesey, Chair of the NSW branch of the Australian I
#195 From Bone-Conducted Sound to Moon Dirt: Ben Newsome Wants Every Kid to Think Like a Scientist
Aug 12, 202624mEp. 195S4
Ben Newsome, founder and director of Fizzics Education, has spent over two decades turning kids into scientists, reaching more than four million young Australians since 2004. In this episode, recorded ahead of National S
#193 Down the Rabbit Hole: How Steph Scott Is Turning Pond Scum Into Planetary Wonder
Aug 10, 202626mEp. 193S4
Two billion years ago, a microscopic organism invented photosynthesis and changed the fate of life on Earth. In this episode, we go micro with Steph Scott, founder of the East Coast Algae Group and a micro-documentary fi
#185 The Sound of a Whale You've Never Heard: How Oscar Mower Taught a Computer to Listen
Aug 3, 202618mEp. 185S4
At just 22, Oscar Mower built a machine learning model that can listen to raw ocean audio and pick out the call of a minke whale in real time, one of the most elusive and under-studied baleen whales in the world. In this
Tracking the Invisible Flood: Dr Scott Wilson on Microplastics and the Power of Citizen Science
Jul 27, 202636mEp. 182S4
Microplastics are everywhere, in our waterways, our food, and now, our bloodstreams, yet almost entirely invisible to the naked eye. In this episode, Sarah talks with toxicologist Dr Scott Wilson, research director of AU
#192 Meet the Wombat Warriors: Inside Julie Old's Citizen Science Mission to Save Australia's Underrated Marsupial
Jul 22, 202639mEp. 192S4
Wombats might be Australia's most underrated marsupial, and Associate Professor Julie Old has spent over a decade making sure they get the attention they deserve. In this episode, Dani talks with Julie about founding Wom
#181 From Mars to Bushfires: Dr Eriita Jones Brings Planetary Science Back Down to Earth
Jul 20, 202638mEp. 181S4
This episode leaves Earth's oceans behind, almost. Planetary scientist Dr Eriita Jones from Curtin University joins Sarah to explore what it really takes for a planet to support life, from deep-sea hydrothermal vents to
#187 Science in Your Swimmers: How Anita Kolni and Caz Grant Built Australia's Ocean Culture Movement
Jul 18, 202632mEp. 187S4
What started as one mum's idea to make ocean science fun has become Australia's leading celebration of the sea. In this episode, Sarah sits down with Anita Kolni and Caz Grant, founders of the Ocean Lovers Festival, to t
#186 Cardboard Teepees for Wildlife: How Dr Alex Carthey Is Rebuilding Shelter After the Fires
Jul 17, 202633mEp. 186S4
After the Black Summer megafires, wildlife ecologist Dr Alex Carthey saw a gap no one was filling: the critical weeks after a fire, when surviving animals have no cover and predators move in. In this episode, Dani talks
#177 From Dive Guide to Nikon Ambassador: Jake Wilton's Camera-Eye View of Nature
Jul 16, 202638mEp. 177S4
From dive guide to Nikon Ambassador: in this episode, Sarah reconnects with wildlife photographer Jake Wilton, whose lens has taken him from the grey nurse shark caves of Fish Rock, NSW, to the manta ray waters of Ningal
#191 Fifty Years of Mud, Sweat and Cheers: How One Volunteer Is Fighting to Save the Hunter's Shorebirds with Tom Clarke
Jul 15, 202636mEp. 191S4
For more than 40 years, Tom Clarke has been on the front line of shorebird conservation in the Hunter estuary, NSW. One of the most significant migratory shorebird habitats in the world. In this episode, Tom joins Dani t
#188 Ocean Relics. The Indiana Jones of Australia's shipwrecks: Dr James Hunter
Jul 13, 202643mEp. 188S4
There are an estimated **3,000* shipwrecks still undiscovered on Australia's ocean floor and up to 300 of them could be sitting in a single 3km stretch off Newcastle, NSW. In this episode, host Sarah sits down with Dr Ja
#184 How a Small Outback Town Became One of the Darkest, and Brightest, Places in Australia with Grant Salmond
Jul 11, 202630mEp. 184S4
What if the thing we most need to conserve isn't a place, but darkness itself? In this episode, Sarah speaks with Grant Salmond, Education and Astronomy Manager at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum, about how the sm
#190 The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt with Dr. Michael Priest
Jul 7, 202640mEp. 190S4
This July, Australia goes on a fungi hunt. In this episode, Dani sits down with Dr Michael Priest, president of Fungimap, to explore the hidden kingdom beneath our feet. With an estimated 50,000 fungal species across Aus
#183 From Backyard Digs to Bloody Mary: What a Decade of Dinosaur Podcasting Has Taught Sabrina Ricci
Jul 1, 202623mEp. 183S4
Ninety-nine point nine percent of Earth’s species have gone extinct, but their stories are still being uncovered, sometimes by everyday people. In this episode, host Sarah sits down with Sabrina Ricci of the I Know Dino
#176 Brisbane’s backyard mosquito hunters are helping keep Zika at bay with Dr Gordana Rašić and Brian Montgomery
Jun 28, 202647mEp. 176S4
Could the mosquitoes in your backyard be helping stop the next outbreak? In this episode, Dani sits down with medical entomologist Brian Montgomery and mosquito genomics expert Dr Gordana Rašić to talk about Zika Mozzie
#189 Why Killing Sharks Won't Make Our Beaches Safer with Jessica Meeuwig
Jun 24, 202622mEp. 189S4
After a number of shark bites on Australian beaches, the calls for a cull are growing louder. But does killing sharks actually make us safer? Marine ecologist Dr Jessica Meeuwig (UWA) joins Sarah Han-de-Beaux to separate
#180 From a Lone Shark in a Dubai Aquarium to Byron Bay's Leopard Shark Capital: The Unlikely Career of David Robinson
Jun 20, 202637mEp. 180S4
A leopard shark in a Dubai aquarium gave birth without ever meeting a male. That moment of virgin birth, parthenogenesis, kicked off a remarkable career for Dr David Robinson, now owner of Sundive in Byron Bay and a rese
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