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An army of observers

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Scientific observations made by everyday people are forming an increasingly valuable resource for scientists who research global change. But how reliable is citizen science?

On her first visit to Greenland in 2002, Malin Jennings, former TV anchorwoman and communications strategist, was completely bowled over by the beauty and remoteness of the place. “I fell painfully in love with it,” she says, “but I could hear at the back of my mind, this tiny voice saying 'something is wrong'.”

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