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Sunday, July 17, 2022

How You Can Help Scientists Track Grains Of Sand - And Why It Is Necessary [Forbes, June 2022]

Title:
How You Can Help Scientists Track Grains Of Sand - And Why It Is Necessary
 
Author: 
Marshall Shepherd
 
Published:
Forbes, 16 June 2022
 
From the article:
Science is fascinating and increasingly there are opportunities for ordinary citizens and students to engage. At a recent meeting focused on Engineering With Nature solutions, I struck up a conversation with Dr. Brian McFall who is a scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory and Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). He mentioned his involvement in a project called SandSnap. He explained that it was scientific effort that could really use the public’s help in documenting grains of sand on beaches.

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A collaborative project engaging citizen scientists in creating a sand grain database and educating the next generation about coastal processes.