Fundación Ibercivis · ECS project

Open citizen science data,
ready to explore

30 curated datasets with data sheets, licenses and open challenges — plus a Jupyter environment where you work on them in the browser, no install, data already mounted.

30datasets
27example notebooks
20topics

🔭 Astronomy

Galaxy Zoo DESI: Detailed Morphology Classifications

Detailed morphological classifications of 8.7 million galaxies from the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey, produced with deep learning trained on Galaxy Zoo volunteers.

11.5 GBCSV, ParquetCC-BY-4.0
🔭 Astronomy

SuperWASP Variable Star Photometry Archive (VeSPA)

Metadata for periodic variable stars classified by citizens in the Zooniverse SuperWASP Variable Stars project, with folded light curves and period parameters.

137.5 MBCSV, YAMLCC-BY-4.0
🌦️ Meteorology

Leuven.cool Citizen Science Urban Weather Station Network

Over 1 billion raw observations from ~110 low-cost weather stations spread across Leuven (Belgium), at 16-second resolution from June 2019 to March 2025.

12.9 GBCSV, CSV.gzCC-BY-NC-4.0
🌌 Space Weather

Campaign-Style Citizen Science for Space Weather Data Collection

Data gathered by aurora hunters and space-weather enthusiasts in coordinated campaigns, including observations for SuperDARN and the SpaceX Fram2 mission.

76.6 MBPDF, PPTXCC-BY-4.0reference
🦋 Entomology

Insect Identification in the Wild: The AMI Dataset

~2.5 million insect images from citizen science platforms (AMI-GBIF) and 2,893 annotated images from global automated camera traps (AMI-Traps) for automated insect monitoring.

14.4 GBZIPMIT
🦋 Entomology

Trends in Butterfly Populations in UK Gardens

Annual abundance indices and trends for 22 butterfly species in UK gardens over 2007-2020, from the BTO Garden BirdWatch citizen monitoring scheme.

52.9 kBCSV, TXTCC-BY-4.0
🐦 Ornithology

Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS)

Population indices for 170 breeding bird species across 28 European countries, produced by ~15,000 volunteers counting birds with standardised protocols every year.

1.3 MBCSV, XLSXCC-BY-4.0
🐦 Ornithology

Tropical Rainforest Birds: Acoustic + eBird Distribution Models

Automated acoustic monitoring data and eBird observations combined for distribution models of suboscine birds in southwestern Amazonia.

8.3 GBCSV, R, ZIPCC-BY-4.0
🐦 Ornithology

Migratory Connectivity in Wetland Birds (Citizen Science + Isotopes)

Citizen monitoring and distribution data for three wetland bird species (Sora, Virginia Rails, Yellow Rails) combined with stable isotopes to trace migratory routes across the USA.

1.7 GBZIPCC0-1.0
🐦 Ornithology

Bird Identification Accuracy in eBird Citizen Science Data (Argentina)

Supplementary materials to quantify the accuracy of photographic bird identifications in eBird Argentina, with per-species ranking and network analysis.

2.7 MBHTML, RAR, XLSXCC-BY-4.0
🌸 Phenology

MeadoWatch: Wildflower Phenology in Mount Rainier National Park

Long-term database (2013-2019) with >42,000 phenological observations of 17 wildflower species across 28 plots, collected by 500+ volunteers.

6.9 MBCSV, XLSXCC0-1.0
🌸 Phenology

PhenoVision: Machine Annotations of Phenology for iNaturalist Plant Photos

Global flower and fruit presence data produced by automated labelling of iNaturalist images up to March 2024, with per-observation detection metrics.

12.9 GBCSVCC-BY-4.0
🌱 Botany

Crowdsourced Vegetation Monitoring: Global Plant Trait Mapping

Source data and 1 km-resolution plant trait maps, integrating citizen science (GBIF) with professional data (sPlot) to map plant functional traits globally.

8.4 GBZIPCC-BY-4.0
🌱 Botany

Urban Plant Phenology and Frost Risk (Digitized Herbarium Images)

Digitised herbarium image dataset for 200 plant species from the eastern USA, with four reproductive phenological phases plus PRISM climate data and population density.

1.1 GBCSVCC-BY-4.0
🌳 Urban Botany

Fruit-Bearing Plant Species Observations in Brazilian Cities (iNaturalist)

iNaturalist observations of fruit-bearing plants across all 27 Brazilian state capitals, with 47 columns of taxonomic, temporal and spatial metadata.

6.0 MBCSVCC0-1.0
💨 Air Quality

xAire: High-Resolution NO₂ Citizen Science Dataset (Barcelona)

725 nitrogen dioxide measurements collected by 1,650 participants from 18 Barcelona schools using Palmes diffusion tubes, with asthma health-impact analysis.

77.6 kBCSVCC-BY-4.0
💨 Air Quality

iSCAPE Citizen Science Workshops Air Quality Data

Air-quality sensor data (temperature, humidity, PM, noise, light) collected in citizen science workshops across 6 European cities: Vantaa, Dublin, Bologna, Bottrop, Hasselt and Guildford.

147.1 MBCSV, YAMLCC0-1.0
🩺 Public Health

CitieS-Health Barcelona: Air Pollution & Health Survey Results

Online survey responses on Barcelona citizens' knowledge, perceptions and preferences regarding air pollution and its health effects.

123.2 kBCSVCC-BY-4.0
🔊 Urban Acoustics

SONYC Urban Sound Tagging (SONYC-UST)

Multi-class dataset of 2,794 ten-second audio recordings from the SONYC acoustic sensor network in New York, annotated by Zooniverse volunteers for 23 urban noise classes.

1.9 GBCSV, CSV.gz, MD, YAMLCC-BY-4.0
🗂️ Citizen Science Metadata

CS Track Database: Citizen Science Projects Catalog

Comprehensive database of citizen science projects with titles, topic areas, languages, URLs and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

2.4 MBCSVCC-BY-4.0
🌍 Biodiversity

Non-random Temporal Patterns of Citizen Science Biodiversity Recording

Data and code to analyse when citizens record biodiversity, identifying non-random temporal patterns in sampling effort and their associated drivers.

3.0 MBZIPCC-BY-4.0
🐛 Invasive Species

GIATAR: Global Invasive and Alien Traits and Records Dataset

Consolidated dataset with dated presence records for 46,666 invasive and alien taxa across 249 countries, with standardised biological information on pests.

42.7 MBZIPCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
🌊 Coasts & Oceanography

SCShores: Time-Series of Shorelines from Spanish Sandy Beaches

1,721 shorelines over 5 years derived from a citizen monitoring programme on 5 Spanish sandy beaches (Atlantic and Mediterranean), in GeoJSON format.

9.3 MBGeoJSONCC-BY-4.0
🐟 Marine Biodiversity

Marine Invasions in African Marine Protected Areas (iNaturalist Data)

Study of invasive marine species across 17 African marine protected areas using global databases and iNaturalist; identified 27 species in 7 countries.

2.0 MBPDFCC-BY-4.0reference
🐟 Marine Biodiversity

MedSens: Mediterranean Marine Species Abundance (Reef Check Italia)

Abundance of 25 Mediterranean marine species collected by volunteer divers under the Reef Check Mediterranean protocol, used to compute the MedSens biotic index.

2.3 MBZIPCC-BY-4.0
🐟 Marine Biodiversity

MARCSI: Inventory of Marine Citizen Science Initiatives (Global)

Global inventory of marine citizen science initiatives, documenting past and present projects worldwide and assessing the FAIR compliance of the data they produce.

1.4 MBCSV, JSONCC-BY-SA-4.0
♻️ Marine Pollution

COLLECT: Citizen Observation of Plastic Pollution in Coastal Ecosystems

Citizen project across 7 countries (Africa and Asia) where secondary-school students (15-18) sample macro-, meso- and microplastics in beach sediments using scientific protocols.

89.1 kBPDFCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0reference
💡 Light Pollution

TESS Network Motivation Survey (Light Pollution Citizen Science)

Motivation survey data from ~120 volunteers hosting TESS photometers to measure night-sky brightness and light pollution at a global scale.

5.4 MBCSV, HTML, JSON, R, TTLCC-BY-4.0
💧 Water Quality

FLOW: Participant Survey Data from Freshwater Citizen Science Project

Participant survey data from the FLOW project (2021) monitoring and protecting freshwater streams, analysing how citizen science fosters knowledge and collective action.

407 kBPDF, XLSXCC-BY-4.0
🦌 Terrestrial Wildlife

Camera Trap Repository: Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen (Netherlands)

47,597 annotated camera-trap images from three pilot studies in the Amsterdam dunes, with 2,779 observations of 20 species, in the standard Camtrap DP format.

21.6 GBZIPCC-BY-4.0