NERCscience | Bringing together citizen scientists & regulators to monitor the River Wye | NERC Impact Awards 2023 @NERCscience | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Members of the public are collecting data on water pollution on the River Wye and supplying it to agencies and regulators, thanks to the work of a team of researchers at Cardiff University.
The project’s methods have been adopted by over 180 citizen scientist groups who are providing samples of water across 15,000 sampling points in the UK.
This data is freely available and used by regulators, helping to improve freshwater systems across the UK.
The leaders of the project are Dr Liz Bagshaw from University of Bristol (formerly Cardiff University), and Dr Roo Perkins and Elle von Benzon from Cardiff University.
The team received The Public Engagement Impact Award at the NERC Impact Awards 2023, which shine a spotlight on the UK science at the heart of the responsible management of our planet. The awards celebrate NERC-funded scientists, as individuals or teams, whose work has had a big impact on the environment, economy or society.
Find out more about the awards: ukri.org/news/announcing-the-nerc-impact-awards-2023-winners
Meet the other finalists: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLucAMf26tYbHwNHhSTKZmij1NHdoItVJQ
Members of the public are collecting data on water pollution on the River Wye and supplying it to agencies and regulators, thanks to the work of a team of researchers at Cardiff University.
The project’s methods have been adopted by over 180 citizen scientist groups who are providing samples of water across 15,000 sampling points in the UK.
This data is freely available and used by regulators, helping to improve freshwater systems across the UK.
The leaders of the project are Dr Liz Bagshaw from University of Bristol (formerly Cardiff University), and Dr Roo Perkins and Elle von Benzon from Cardiff University.
The team received The Public Engagement Impact Award at the NERC Impact Awards 2023, which shine a spotlight on the UK science at the heart of the responsible management of our planet. The awards celebrate NERC-funded scientists, as individuals or teams, whose work has had a big impact on the environment, economy or society.
Find out more about the awards: ukri.org/news/announcing-the-nerc-impact-awards-2023-winners
Meet the other finalists: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLucAMf26tYbHwNHhSTKZmij1NHdoItVJQ
