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"Participatory science gives everyday people the opportunity to actively contribute to meaningful scientific research and conservation work happening around the world,” Forbes

Trend: Travel Brands Are Turning Guests Into Field Researchers Participatory science travel, trips built around guests doing real field research alongside working scientists, is growing fast. Here, companies that meet the demand.

Near Churchill, Manitoba, scientists are studying how warming temperatures are changing the Arctic landscape—from thawing permafrost and shifting treelines to the wildlife habitat that depends on them.

On this Earthwatch Expedition, travelers work alongside researchers in the field, helping track changes across the tundra while also watching for polar bears in one of the best places on Earth to see them in the wild.

Because understanding how our world is changing starts with seeing it for yourself. https://bit.ly/4orvdvV

"Biologist Richard Bodmer has been welcoming visitors to his research station along the Yarapa River, on a strip of Indigenous territory between Tamshiyacu Tahuayo and another area co-managed by Indigenous communities, the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, to help track wildlife and collect other ecosystem data for decades." -WIRED https://bit.ly/3Stb0d1

How a Citizen Science Organization Aims to Preserve the Places It Brings Tourists to Study The actual eco-friendliness of ecotourism varies considerably. One research station in the Peruvian Amazon is out to prove it can bring visitors to the area without disrupting the environment.

For decades, Dr. Richard Bodmer has conducted research in Peru's Upper Amazon, helping shape approaches to community-based conservation and sustainable wildlife management. Since the early 1990s, this long-term study in the Peruvian Amazon has tracked wildlife across interconnected habitats, examining how flooding, drought and heat affect population distributions and behaviors. Learn more about his research and how you can join this Earthwatch Expedition: https://bit.ly/4nrBpDv

The Arctic is changing faster than almost anywhere on Earth.
On our NEW Churchill Arctic Research Expedition, join scientists along Hudson Bay to measure permafrost thaw, document shifting treelines and observe polar bears and beluga whales in one of the planet’s fastest-warming ecosystems.
Based at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, this hands-on expedition blends real climate research with immersive Arctic field experience—helping track changes already reshaping the tundra, wildlife and future of the North. The field is calling 👉 https://bit.ly/4nAsVu8

What happens to the Amazon rainforest when the waters rise?
Join our NEW Amazon River Expedition in Peru and work alongside scientists studying how seasonal flooding impacts pink river dolphins, primates, fish populations and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
Travel by private riverboat into remote flooded forests, search for caimans after dark and contribute to a 20-year climate research project in the Peruvian Amazon.
Explore the wild headwaters of the Amazon 👉 https://bit.ly/4nrBpDv

What does shark conservation research really look like in the field?
In Belize’s turquoise shallows, scientists catch, measure, tag, sample, and safely release sharks—collecting real-world data that helps protect one of the Caribbean’s most important marine ecosystems. Every moment in the field supports ongoing shark research, marine conservation in Belize, and long-term fisheries management.
On Conserving Sharks in Belize, you’ll work alongside researchers conducting wildlife research and field research focused on shark populations and ocean health in the Caribbean, contributing to ongoing conservation science efforts in the region.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4u7HWpz

Earthwatch expeditions offer a different way to experience the world.

In extraordinary places around the globe, volunteers work alongside scientists to take part in real field research—supporting conservation, discovery, and a deeper connection to the natural world.

It’s travel with purpose, shaped by science and driven by curiosity.

Explore Earthwatch expeditions here:
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