Category: Current Projects

• 12th May 2020

  Zooniverse

  Zooniverse is a website dedicated to “people-powered research”. It showcases hundreds of citizen science projects from all across the globe that you can get involved in from the comfort of your own living room. No prior knowledge or experience of the subject is required, they are all super easy and give you all the instructions…

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  6th Apr 2020

  Bumblebee Survey

  Bumblebees are important pollinators in Shetland and are a useful indicator species of the general environment quality. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some bumblebee species have declined over recent decades possibly due to changing agricultural practices and as an impact of climate change.