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Katie Irvine, TERN Surveillance Communication Lead, Adelaide University

How retirees, beachcombers and communities help scientists track everything from threatened species to algal blooms

How healthy are Australia’s ecosystems? To answer that, scientists need data. But Australia is huge – and the number of professional scientists is limited. That’s where citizen science can help.

Every winter, thousands of grey nomads take to the roads and head north. Families return to familiar campgrounds for school holidays. Bushwalkers move through forests and along coastlines. School students catch invertebrates in rivers to learn about waterway health.

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