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Catherine Duigan
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Environmental consultant, researcher & non-fiction writer; water & nature; heritage & natural history; women in science; biographer of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter; Ireland & Wales connections; accepts commissions.
https://catherineduigan.co.uk/
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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · Nov 14
Researching the life of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter, pioneering #freshwater ecologist in Wales and North America.
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Who was... Kathleen Carpenter?
A biography of Kathleen Carpenter, a pioneering freshwater ecologist.
thebiologist.rsb.org.uk
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Fields turning into lakes, some with swans! - extraordinary amounts of #water on rail route to #Cardiff #Wales - feels like sailing on a train @transport-wales.bsky.social
#weather #rainfall #flooding #agriculture #climatechange #deluge #rain #landscape #waterscape #nature #birds
Overcast sky and tree reflected in flooded field
February 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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#Nature was an inspiration for Gwen John - walking in woods, sleeping in garden, studying #flowers & #trees

#Coed #Wales #woodland #AmgueddfaCymru #art
#WelshArt #womensart #womeninart #envhist #heritage #environment #landscape #GwenJohn #watercolour
Watercolour sketch of woodland on cliff top above beach; grey sky; mellow tones of green, grey, pink.
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Launch of 'EXPOSURE: war, media, democracy' 7pm Friday 20 Feb Cardiff angelagraham.org/exposure/
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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For #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we’re highlighting #MaryKingWard (27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869), an Irish naturalist, microscopist, author, artist and astronomer from Co. Offaly.

📷 : Mary Ward with her #microscope, c.1860 (public domain)
Mary Ward portrait
February 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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With a fascination for flukes, fishes and snails - Gwendolen Rees @aberdlsagb.bsky.social - the 1st Welsh woman to be elected a Fellow @royalsociety.org
#parasitology #Internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience #historyofscience #Wales #envhist #obituary
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February 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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With a fascination for flukes, fishes and snails - Gwendoline Rees @aberdlsagb.bsky.social - the 1st Welsh woman to be elected a Fellow @royalsociety.org
#parasitology #Internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience #historyofscience #Wales #envhist
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Gwen...
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Great opportunity to add some more dots on this map for #Wales with its proud history of equal education and pioneers like Dr. Kathleen Carpenter @aberuniarchives.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience #womeninSTEM
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February 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
Karen Wilkinson, Survey and Monitoring Team Leader for the Peatland Programme is one of the #WomenInScience contributing to future generations, aiming for #HighNatureLowCarbon through #WalesPeatlandAction.
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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irishtimes.com
Gone aground: Cian Flaherty on the centenary of a Waterford shipwreck
Gone aground: Cian Flaherty on the centenary of a Waterford shipwreck
Guessing it was a ship in distress, he roused his family to get help and hurried into the storm
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Although associated with #Scotland, #curling is part of our environmental and sporting heritage in #Wales - #Cardiff #Cottrell #Llwynypia teams in 1800s, with workmen playing on the frozen New Ship Canal 1838
#WinterOlympics #sport #envhist #climatechange
📷 St. Fagan's @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
5 men in dark suits and hats ready to play curling on frozen surface
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Does your town (or any you know of) have HERRING🐟 in their coat of arms/flag? Please reply tagging in @projectfishistory.bsky.social if so! @thefsbi.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social

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December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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"I bring the heart
Not the mind to the interpretation
Of their music..."

The River @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social

Nant #Gwernol #Abergynolwyn #RiversofWales #Tuesday #poetry #Wales #waterfall #walking #wellbeing
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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"Rivers are essential for us to be whole people," says Kurt Fausch in the book trailer for his forthcoming book A REVERENCE FOR RIVERS: IMAGINING AN ETHIC FOR RUNNING WATERS.
Get inspired. Watch it now! 🌊👀
vimeo.com/1040208174
A Reverence for Rivers by Kurt Fausch - Book trailer - coming April 2025
Follow ecologist and author, Dr. Kurt Fausch, into the motivation and themes of his second book, A Reverence for Rivers - Imagining an ethic for running waters.…
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January 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Gwen John: Strange Beauties is now open at National Museum Cardiff 🎨

We spoke to Fiona McLees, Senior Art on Paper Conservator who has been preparing John's works 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/being-fiona-mclees-senior-art-on-paper-conservator-at-amgueddfa-cymru-museum-wales

📷 Museum Wales
Fiona McLees at work in the conservation studio Sketch of a cloaked figure with a hood, drawn in loose, flowing lines on paper. Framed artwork showing the backs of two women sitting Conservator delicately restoring a small painting under a microscope
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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After securing a £57,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, a Welsh heritage centre is launching an exhibition dedicated to a Royal Navy vessel built at the dockyard and lost on an infamous Arctic expedition
Lost Arctic ship built in Wales the star of new heritage exhibition
After securing a £57,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, a Welsh heritage centre is launching an exhibition dedicated to a Royal Navy vessel built at the dockyard and lost on an infamou...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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historyofgeology.bsky.social
On February 7, 1784, after eight months of activity, the Laki eruption finally came to an end. From a system of 135 fissures and volcanic craters, an estimated 14 km³ of lava poured out, enough to cover the surrounding landscape beneath a100-meter thick lava layer...
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Lake Erie has complete #ice coverage - the perfect account for #limnology fans everywhere.
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Great Lakes ice update for February 6, 2026: Combined 52% | Lake Superior 50% | Lake Michigan 28% | Lake Huron 68% | Lake Erie 94% | Lake Ontario 26% | #GreatLakes
Great Lakes ice update for February 6, 2026: Combined 52% | Lake Superior 50% | Lake Michigan 28% | Lake Huron 68% | Lake Erie 94% | Lake Ontario 26% | #GreatLakes
February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Welsh artist Gwen John, Self Portrait, 1902 #womensart
Painted portrait of a white woman, upper half facing forwards in a red top, hair tied back, against a dark background
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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Recent algal blooms on Lough Neagh have highlighted the urgent need for tools to better identify the sources and movement of #pollution across the lake and the rivers that are linked to it.

Read more about the new UKCEH-led CLEAR-Neagh project: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 💧🧪
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
cduigan.bsky.social
Although associated with #Scotland, #curling is part of our environmental and sporting heritage in #Wales - #Cardiff #Cottrell #Llwynypia teams in 1800s, with workmen playing on the frozen New Ship Canal 1838
#WinterOlympics #sport #envhist #climatechange
📷 St. Fagan's @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
5 men in dark suits and hats ready to play curling on frozen surface
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Succumbing to the serpent of shining green - @theguardian.com Country Diary - a celebration of the humble #bryophyte #moss #lowerplants #botany #Derbyshire

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Succumbing to the serpent of shining green | Mark Cocker
Priestcliffe, Derbyshire: The limestone walls in this parish are festooned with luminous mosses, in a variety that’s often beyond our comprehension
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! Known for pioneering research on metal mine #pollution in #rivers near #Aberystwyth, Kathleen Carpenter also included #lakes in her #textbook Life in Inland Waters 1928
#WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2026 #womeninscience #historyofscience #Wales #Idwal #freshwater #envhist #wetlands
View of Eryri mountain lake, Llyn Idwal, with quote from Kathleen Carpenter and about Welsh lakes
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Species of the Week: Bog Moss
Irish name: Súsán
Scientific name: Sphagnum spp.
Celebrating St Brigid’s Day/Imbolc and World Wetlands Day ✨💧
@ramsar.org @tocharstories.bsky.social #Boglands #Imbolc #BrigidsDay #WorldWetlandsDay
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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She watched a wetland die before she was old enough to understand why.

Ahead of tomorrow’s #WorldWetlandsDay, see how Julie Mulonga is bringing new life to Africa’s wetlands and the people who depend on them.

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February 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Our Corsydd Calon Môn partnership project aims to secure the future of the #Anglesey Fens and celebrate their rich history. We commissioned artist Elly Stringer to produce some beautiful illustrations with the local community. #WorldWetlandsDay

Discover more 👉 bit.ly/WetlandWondersCCM
Artwork with text which highlights some of the brilliant species you can find at Cors Goch Nature Reserve on Anglesey, Elly Strigner
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM