An evening of exploration and discussion about citizen science with three panel members. More details of the citizen science event >>
Citizen Science – CoastSnap: Monitoring coastal changes. Panellist: Josie-Alice Kirby, South West Coastal Monitoring.
This talk will introduce the community science project CoastSnap, a fixed-point camera system that records coastal changes. The aim of a CoastSnap station is to entice local or visiting members of the public to take a photo, with their smart phone, of a beach or coastal area using the camera cradle. They can then send this photo to us online using various methods and we can analysis the changes they have captured. This is a worldwide project with over 200 sites in 21 different countries, with the SW of England hosting over 25 of them!
Josie-Alice Kirby is a Senior Coastal Process Scientist at Southwest Coastal Monitoring (SWCM), part of the National Network of Coastal Monitoring Programmes. She is responsible for coastal data collection from Portland Bill to Exmouth.
Her background is in coastal processes and geology, studying BSc Geology with Ocean Science and MSc Applied Marine Science at the University of Plymouth. She is currently undertaking a PhD in coastal management and future shoreline position alongside her role at SWCM.
Josie-Alice grew up in south Devon, moving abroad before returning to live in the South Hams with her young family.