Welcome to Cyano Community

Cyano Community is a citizen science initiative dedicated to monitoring and tracking the development of cyanobacteria in Switzerland.

About cyanobacteria and the scientific project

Learn what cyanobacteria are, why some pose risks, and how Cyano Community contributes to their scientific monitoring.

Help us monitor toxic cyanobacteria

By taking part in the citizen-science project, you help with early detection of risk areas and nationwide monitoring of blooms.

Report a cyanobacterial bloom

Have you observed a suspicious bloom in a lake or river? Report it on the platform to support mapping and scientific analyses.

Latest news

Follow the latest updates from Cyano Community

Mega Cyano test launch

Mega Cyano test launch

We are running the Mega Cyano publication test to practice aligning editorial workflows with our mapping updates. The test ensures we can coordinate text, imagery and metadata rapidly when a real bloom event occurs.

Hyper Cyano update

Hyper Cyano update

This note introduces the Hyper Cyano test publication. We are validating our pipeline for quick alerts so that we can push verified news updates on the same day as major observations.

Super Cyano!

Super Cyano!

Super Cyano! is a new entry in our news stream where we experiment with bold headlines and simple stories about cyanobacteria. This article ensures the pipeline for triaging short updates works even under heavy load.