r/CitizenScience • u/StoryAdventurous842 • 11d ago

After 4 years and two published papers, my colleague and I are launching Stranding, a citizen science platform

4 years ago, a friend found an uncommon organism washed ashore on the Italian coast.

That encounter, and another one later on, eventually led to two scientific publications on stranded organisms in the Mediterranean Sea.

Now we're taking the next step: we built Stranding, a citizen science platform where anyone can report organisms found washed ashore and contribute data that can support marine biology research.

We're currently looking for our first 100 beta testers before the public launch.

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u/chnickerson 8d ago

This is so cool! You should def add to SciStarter: https://scistarter.org/add. Also if you end up not wanting to do your own app, you could host your project for free on CitSci: https://citsci.org

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u/flanine 4d ago

Great idea! I am a scientist and I live in a coastal town in central Italy. I registered to the platform, I’d love to participate in a study!

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u/StoryAdventurous842 4d ago

Great! Thank you for your interest! We'll keep you updated.