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CrowdHydrology on National Public RadioCrowdHydrology’s biggest feature yet, the Morning Edition show on National Public Radio.

Professor Chris Lowry needed to collect information on stream levels in Western New York but didn’t have enough funding for the traditional methods, so he turned to a more creative option: crowdsourcing. Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with him about his research and the future of crowdsourcing in scientific inquiries.

Full article: Enlisting Passers-by in Scientific Research