Challenges of passive citizen science in ecology within a shifting social media landscape

Responsible Partner: IEO-CSIC

Date: June 2025

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Description: This Viewpoint article examines the current challenges associated with passive citizen science and underscores the need to strengthen this valuable approach to support regional solutions that account for linguistic diversity, multiple data sources, fluctuating user engagement, and the integration of artificial intelligence tools for the supervision and classification of images and text.