UCL People and Nature Lab are looking for partner organisations from the conservation sector for Nature Smart Challenge 2026! Could you be one of them? Please open the image for info, and share widely! @ucl-pnl.bsky.social

🌊 Congrats to @ucl.ac.uk Geography undergrad Gabrielle Shao on her new paper with @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social, a systematic review of citizen science in river monitoring, helping future projects link goals to methods. 📖 Read: tinyurl.com/ucl-river #UCLGeography #CitizenScience

My first post on BlueSky: my first academic journal paper has been published! Supervised by @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social under the Laidlaw scholarship scheme, this research tries to provide a framework for new river monitoring citizen science initiatives. Huge thanks to everyone who’s supported us!

New paper alert: Citizen science in river monitoring: a systematic review of the whys and hows. Led by the incredible @uclgeography.bsky.social undergrad Gabrielle, it guides new citizen science projects to commonly used approaches that align with their goals. www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

The “ticking time bomb” of high phosphates, low water flow, and high temperatures in lowland rivers is no longer ticking in the Lower Lea and QEOP.

This is a lovely write up of our Sustainable Stand Up event @ucl.ac.uk: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... We’re now seeking funding to do this again next year. Anyone got any good ideas?

I’m an aquatic scientist and was formally diagnosed as neurodivergent just a few days ago. I really enjoyed this article. Huge thanks to the authors for writing it and to ASLO for publishing it.

Rivers were historically regarded as gods - but freshwaters and the species within them are rapidly being destroyed. Here we show how traditional knowledge and sacred sites offer sanctuary and reprieve for both humans and nature in Indonesia. doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... @shoalorg.bsky.social

Do you need a little persuasion to appreciate wasps? Check out the #WorldFirst exhibition about wasps!! #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Opens TOMORROW for 6 months! FREE!! Wasp are #PestControllers #Pollinators #Diverse #socialites #hunters the original #Bee www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Why not invite your family to co-author a conference paper about their citizen science project? Here we are pulling our best science faces. #CitizenScience Who else is coming to Delft this week?

Izzy Bishop @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social at the Sustainable Stand Up UCL Comedy Course Show. Watch the livestream: youtube.com/live/rEWiUXy...

It was wonderful to talk pondweed and poo at @pintofscience.uk today. Thanks for having me 😊

Sneak peak from Sustainable Stand Up rehearsals today. Livestream the show from 6.30pm tomorrow: www.youtube.com/live/BfORAki...

Dr Izzy Bishop @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social introducing The Sustainable Stand Up UCL Comedy Course Show, which will take place @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social on Thursday 22 May, 6.15-8.30pm. You'll be able to watch the livestream of this sold out show at www.youtube.com/live/BfORAki...

UCL’s first Sustainable Stand Up cohort will perform their first ever stand up comedy sets at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social on Thursday from 6.30pm. Tickets are sold out but you can watch these comedy beginners talk about loving life on Earth via the livestream: youtube.com/live/BfORAki...

It’s a week of #scicomm! Tomorrow: I’m speaking about poo and pondweed in a pub as part of @pintofscience.uk Thursday: UCL’s first time comedians perform sets on environment and social issues. Livestream here from 6.30pm on Thursday: youtube.com/live/BfORAki...

If you’re in London on Tuesday night and fancy a pint, consider The Brittania in Kensington. The only downside is that you’ll have to listen to me talking about poo and pondweed. pintofscience.co.uk/event/nature...

Taking part in the #GreatUKWaterBlitz today, with an added E.coli incubation social at Mum’s house. Bet none of you have been to an E.coli incubation social before! @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social #CastCo @waterrangers.bsky.social

During The Princess Royal's visit to @ucl-pnl.bsky.social yesterday, @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social detailed a citizen science project for river water monitoring, led by @thames21.bsky.social and local community groups, to which Her Royal Highness contributed a data set. www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

Today I had the opportunity to introduce the Princess Royal to citizen science. She measured phosphate concentrations in the River Lea, contributing to #LeaGuardians project with @Thames21 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

Yesterday @ucl-pnl.bsky.social MSc students heard guest lecturer Steve Andrews give a CEO’s perspective on what makes a good idea in the conservation industry. Not your standard ecology lecture, but so important for our students to understand how to apply research in their future careers.

A new study by @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social and @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social shows that citizen science is transforming water quality monitoring, providing essential data for managing freshwater ecosystems globally. 🌍💧 #WaterQuality #CitizenScience #Sustainability www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion news.mongabay.com/2025/01/in-u...

Yesterday I gave a talk to my Mum and her retired friends on what their #CitizenScience data is revealing about the impacts of rural sewage on small and intermittent streams. I’ve done lots of talks like this but I’ve yet to come across such an enthusiastic bunch.

@roryjgibb.bsky.social Relevant to some of our recent discussions.

Novice question for fish experts: Do salmonid fry ever swim upstream of their redd? I’m working in some very very small streams just upstream of known spawning sites and wondering whether we should be seeing fry or not.

Our @uclcber.bsky.social “Nature smart challenge” MSc module kicked off today. 9 challenges set by conservation organisations. 9 brilliant students. 10 weeks to propose a solution. I can’t wait to see what they get up to!

We still have a number of online open day events taking place this month and in February. Take a look at what's available in our faculty and make sure you join us to find out more about studying the life sciences at UCL. www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences... #UCLMastersMatter

I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!

If you take one thing away from our paper, I hope it's this: there's no safe path through the Pandemicene without action on environmental protection, sustainable development, and health system strengthening. Single-issue advocacy and siloed solutions put the world at greater risk from pandemics.

Job Alert! Lecturer/Assoc Prof in Biodiversity, Climate Change & Health Deadline 18th Feb 2025 Join us at UCL People & Nature Lab to lead innovative ‘One Health’ research & teaching to tackle ecological & public health challenges. tinyurl.com/4s2j7fyj

A new form of freshwater community engagement: An ice swim at West Reservoir to raise money for a local charity who support HIV survivors and their families. It was COLD! Please donate if you can. localgiving.org/fundraising/...

Fieldwork is so important. It’s also incredibly difficult to teach, mainly because of the logistics and admin. I love teaching in the field, please let’s stop making it hard

Somebody make it make sense! “Windrunner is the world’s largest aircraft, specialised to deliver tje largest onshore wind turbines”. radia.com/wind-runner

The push I need to make it to Bluesky? A new paper to share! Here we use 30,000+ datapoints to show the potential for global assessments of water quality using citizen science. Spoiler: Forested catchments = lower nutrients. doi.org/10.5334/cstp...