The Citizen Scientist’s Guide
The Citizen Scientist’s Guide
The Citizen Scientist’s Guide is a special column written for WATCH Citizen Science by freelance author R. Marcel. His articles share scientific knowledge in everyday language, making complex ideas easy to understand and connected to the world around us.
This is a place to find thoughtful pieces that spark curiosity, invite observation, and inspire readers to see science as part of daily life.
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Water — Four Quiet Miracles
We recently took journeys back through the ages, from the time of primordial Earth, though the ascent of civilization, and to hypothetical futures our species may take. The star of that journey, is water. When I think of it – there are four quiet miracles of water, in how it sustains life. Life does not merely exist in water,…
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Science, Scarcity, and The Future We Choose
The Modern Era Rianne de Klerk tugged mightily as the large membrane filter released from its housing. The filter, as tall as she, had that faint salt tang of the sea, and the once white exterior of the filter was now marbled with a patina of minerals and biofilm. She unpackaged the new filter and…
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Rivers of Civilization
The Industrial Revolution Young Hamish McRae jauntily whistled an old ditty from his homeland of Scotland as he strode off the dirt street and onto the property of the Premier Electric Light Company. He considered himself lucky. He and his wife had settled down in this growing and bustling young town of Wallaceburg, Ontario a…
About the Author
R. Marcel is a WATCH Citizen Science freelance author, and lives in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. He’s been a lifelong student of science, and an advocate for science literacy and public discourse.