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Freshwater Izzy

@freshwaterizzy.bsky.social
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Freshwater conservation, monitoring, and citizen science. Lecturer at UCL People and Nature Lab.

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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🌊 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
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Frontiers | Citizen science in river monitoring: a systematic literature review of the whys and hows
River monitoring is a prevalent focus within citizen science projects. Despite numerous reports and institutional manuals detailing the monitoring techniques...
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Gabrielle Pengyu Shao @gabriellepyshao.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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!
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Frontiers | Citizen science in river monitoring: a systematic literature review of the whys and hows
River monitoring is a prevalent focus within citizen science projects. Despite numerous reports and institutional manuals detailing the monitoring techniques...
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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...
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Frontiers | Citizen science in river monitoring: a systematic literature review of the whys and hows
River monitoring is a prevalent focus within citizen science projects. Despite numerous reports and institutional manuals detailing the monitoring techniques...
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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?
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How the Grant Museum brought a little comedic relief to the topic of climate change
Transformed into a comedy venue, the Grant Museum of Zoology is nurturing fledgling climate comedians as they step into the world of sustainable stand-up.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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.
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Josie South @josiesouth.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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
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The Sacred Waters and Fish: Traditional Practices and Fish Conservation in Indonesian Communities
This paper explores the intersection of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and fish conservation within the context of sacred waters in Indonesian communities. Sacred waters, revered for their sp...
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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...
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World of Wasps
Visit the Grant Museum's new exhibition for visitors of all ages and experience the hidden, intimate world of wasps like never before! Based on UCL research, "World of Wasps" brings together cutting-e...
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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?
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Izzy Bishop @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social at the Sustainable Stand Up UCL Comedy Course Show. Watch the livestream: youtube.com/live/rEWiUXy...
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Jim Labisko💚🐸🦎🐍🐢🦇🐆🧪💙😷4/4 @jimlabisko.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass
Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It was wonderful to talk pondweed and poo at @pintofscience.uk today. Thanks for having me 😊
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Sneak peak from Sustainable Stand Up rehearsals today. Livestream the show from 6.30pm tomorrow: www.youtube.com/live/BfORAki...
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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...
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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...
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Sustainable Stand Up UCL Comedy Course Show
Delightful comedy beginners who care about life on Earth share their first ever sets.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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...
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Sustainable Stand Up UCL Comedy Course Show
Delightful comedy beginners who care about life on Earth share their first ever sets.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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...
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Nature on the Edge
Our natural world is under pressure—from polluted rivers to disappearing pollinators. But nature also shows resilience. Join us for an evening of science e…
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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...
Princess Anne, Dr Izzy Bishop and a student examine a water sample.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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...
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HRH The Princess Royal visits UCL’s new campus
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal saw groundbreaking UCL research in action in areas ranging from ecology and AI to robotics, healthcare and hydrogen technology on a tour of the new UCL East campu...
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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.
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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...
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Citizen science monitoring programme transforms freshwater ecosystem management
Freshwater ecosystems globally are facing increasing stressors, while traditional surface water monitoring by regulatory agencies is often hampered by financial and political constraints. However, cit...
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DrZP @zarahpattison.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion news.mongabay.com/2025/01/in-u...
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In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion
KASESE DISTRICT, Uganda — In western Uganda’s Kasese district, where the Rwenzori Mountains meet the sprawling plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Janet Nyakairu Abwoli is on a mission to rejuven...
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
@roryjgibb.bsky.social Relevant to some of our recent discussions.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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.
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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!
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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
The text reads University College London on the top left, and UCL on the top right. The text to the left of the image reads Graduate Open Events. There is an image of the UCL Portico with colourful banners on the right hand side.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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!
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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.
header of our paper "Pathogens and planetary change"
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Kate Jones 🦇 @profkatej.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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/...
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A week of ice swims | Localgiving
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Somebody make it make sense! “Windrunner is the world’s largest aircraft, specialised to deliver tje largest onshore wind turbines”. radia.com/wind-runner
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Freshwater Izzy @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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...
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FreshWater Watch: Investigating the Health of Freshwater Ecosystems, from the Bottom Up | Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (CSTP) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed publication focused on the global field of citizen science and other participatory sciences. It provides a venue to...
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