There’s no underestimating the importance of the Great Barrier Reef to the world’s ecosystem, but its sheer vastness makes research a monumental task. So here’s where you come in!
The Great Reef Census is an incredible, groundbreaking effort to survey the Great Barrier Reef using the help of citizen ‘scientists’ – that’s YOU!
No matter where you are in Australia, or around the world, you can help in the conservation and protection of the Reef. Made up of 3000 individual reefs spanning across 2300 kilometres, as little as 5% is regularly surveyed – because it’s just so massive.
As the impacts of climate change only accelerate, the more we know, the more we can do. The annual Great Reef Census mobilises dive boats, tourism vessels, super yachts, fishing charters and even a tug boat to capture images tens of thousands of survey images across the Reef. And then it’s up to citizens like you to analyse the images online. It’s one of the world’s largest marine citizen science initiatives.
By simply viewing an image of the Great Barrier Reef, you can help protect it!
The in-water surveys were completed between October and December by a huge flotilla of vessels which collected photos and shared them, ready for analyses.
Now you can join thousands of others around the world analysing the tens of thousands of images that were brought back from the Great Reef Census. The timely data will help scientists and marine managers better understand what’s happening across the reefs.
To take part and analyse a photo, simply head to The Great Reef Census. There’s a handy tutorial so you’ll know exactly what you’re looking for!
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Ellen replied
- 19 May 2023 , 8:01 am
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