another word for running into the same problem

Researchers from physiologists to palaeontologists to astronomers are finding that harnessing the efforts of ordinary people is often the best route to the answers they seek. The number of annual publications mentioning ‘citizen science’ went from 151 in 2015 to more than 640 in 2021, according to the Web of Science database. Whatever name is used, the approach is more popular than ever and even has journals dedicated to it. (The term ‘citizen science’ is also used but can be perceived as excluding non-citizens.) In community science, also called participatory science, non-professionals contribute their time, energy or expertise to research. His network of 9,000-plus contributors has accumulated more than 60,000 reptile sightings, allowing him to identify and eradicate an invasive species, observe rare alligator-lizard ( Elgaria multicarinata) matings and publish more than a dozen papers.

Since 2013, Pauly has been engaged in a community-science project using the natural-history app iNaturalist. “All the people are not the problem - all the people are the solution,” he says. What else might be lurking in Los Angeles back gardens? And how could Pauly possibly find out, given that so much of the crowded county is private property, inaccessible to scientists? Then Pauly had an epiphany. “I could not believe that this particular species of lizard would be in that neighbourhood,” he recalls. Jogging in Los Angeles, California, about ten years ago, Pauly, the curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was shocked to see a Southern California legless lizard ( Anniella stebbinsi) being hit by a car. Credit: Emily Maletzįor Greg Pauly, inspiration came in the form of roadkill. A community scientist uses a sky-quality meter to measure light pollution at night.

Another word for running into the same problem