Anthea Lacchia PhD
@anthealacchia.bsky.social
Geologist & author; writer on nature and science; science communicator; hiking guide at
www.naturetalesandtrails.ie - Dr in fossils;📍Ireland -
Bylines: https://naturetalesandtrails.ie/portfolio
www.naturetalesandtrails.ie - Dr in fossils;📍Ireland -
Bylines: https://naturetalesandtrails.ie/portfolio
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🙏 Thanks for organising Mary Ryan, Stephen Webster and colleagues!
Dr Anthea Lacchia (@anthealacchia.bsky.social) on the wonderful PRISM booklet 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... /ends
Dr Anthea Lacchia (@anthealacchia.bsky.social) on the wonderful PRISM booklet 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... /ends
#scicomm #researchcomms #sciencecommunication #thegoodscienceproject… | Anthea Lacchia, PhD
Thrilled to finally hold the printed booklet that accompanied the 'Prism of Research' conference on research culture, held at Imperial College London on 2 April!
Writing this booklet was a r...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🙏 Thanks for organising Mary Ryan, Stephen Webster and colleagues!
Dr Anthea Lacchia (@anthealacchia.bsky.social) on the wonderful PRISM booklet 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... /ends
Dr Anthea Lacchia (@anthealacchia.bsky.social) on the wonderful PRISM booklet 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... /ends
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US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation
- v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation
v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation
- v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
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CDC officials ordered to remove pronouns from mail signatures, per new memo I obtained
January 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CDC officials ordered to remove pronouns from mail signatures, per new memo I obtained
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
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In the last article in our Soil Invaders series on the impact of invasive plants in Ireland, led by @anthealacchia.bsky.social, I ask:
Should one of Ireland's most invasive species be a tourist attraction? #Rhododendron
Should one of Ireland's most invasive species be a tourist attraction? #Rhododendron
A love-hate relationship: Ireland’s rhododendron problem
Should one of Ireland’s most invasive species be a tourist attraction?
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January 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In the last article in our Soil Invaders series on the impact of invasive plants in Ireland, led by @anthealacchia.bsky.social, I ask:
Should one of Ireland's most invasive species be a tourist attraction? #Rhododendron
Should one of Ireland's most invasive species be a tourist attraction? #Rhododendron
My latest on invasive species for @investigates.thejournal.ie
Invasive plants play havoc with the environment, causing species to go extinct and damaging ecosystems.
Despite this, if you walk into many garden centres and shops in Ireland, you will be able to buy them and take them home.
Latest by @anthealacchia.bsky.social
http://jrnl.ie/6595112
Despite this, if you walk into many garden centres and shops in Ireland, you will be able to buy them and take them home.
Latest by @anthealacchia.bsky.social
http://jrnl.ie/6595112
Did you know you can buy invasive plants in garden centres?
Cherry laurel, montbretia and the butterfly bush can impact biodiversity.
jrnl.ie
January 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My latest on invasive species for @investigates.thejournal.ie
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Latest by @anthealacchia.bsky.social in her multi-part series on the impact of invasive species:
The ecosystem in Killarney National Park “is dying” due to the presence of invasive species, says farmer and rewilder @irishrainforest.bsky.social
...But the NPWS, who manages the park, says there has been "huge progress" in their control and eradication
Latest in our series on invasive species:
...But the NPWS, who manages the park, says there has been "huge progress" in their control and eradication
Latest in our series on invasive species:
Invasive species are ‘destroying ecosystems’ in Killarney National Park
But the NPWS, who manages the park, says there has been ‘huge progress’ in their control and eradication.
jrnl.ie
January 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Latest by @anthealacchia.bsky.social in her multi-part series on the impact of invasive species:
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Over the past six months, @anthealacchia.bsky.social has been looking into invasive plants for @investigates.thejournal.ie
The first article in her investigative series, SOIL INVADERS, is out now and reveals that their management cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years:
The first article in her investigative series, SOIL INVADERS, is out now and reveals that their management cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years:
Fight against invasive plants costing councils millions and may never end
Invasive species are destroying the environment and cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years.
jrnl.ie
January 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Over the past six months, @anthealacchia.bsky.social has been looking into invasive plants for @investigates.thejournal.ie
The first article in her investigative series, SOIL INVADERS, is out now and reveals that their management cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years:
The first article in her investigative series, SOIL INVADERS, is out now and reveals that their management cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years:
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Revealed: Invasive species are destroying the environment and cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years.
Read the first part in our series on the impact of invasive plants across Ireland here: http://jrnl.ie/6592448t
Read the first part in our series on the impact of invasive plants across Ireland here: http://jrnl.ie/6592448t
Fight against invasive plants costing councils millions and may never end
Invasive species are destroying the environment and cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years.
jrnl.ie
January 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Revealed: Invasive species are destroying the environment and cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years.
Read the first part in our series on the impact of invasive plants across Ireland here: http://jrnl.ie/6592448t
Read the first part in our series on the impact of invasive plants across Ireland here: http://jrnl.ie/6592448t
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New investigation out tomorrow!
Science and health reporter @anthealacchia.bsky.social has been examining invasive species in Ireland
Here's preview of what we're publishing (article out just after midnight)....
Science and health reporter @anthealacchia.bsky.social has been examining invasive species in Ireland
Here's preview of what we're publishing (article out just after midnight)....
January 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New investigation out tomorrow!
Science and health reporter @anthealacchia.bsky.social has been examining invasive species in Ireland
Here's preview of what we're publishing (article out just after midnight)....
Science and health reporter @anthealacchia.bsky.social has been examining invasive species in Ireland
Here's preview of what we're publishing (article out just after midnight)....
Honoured to have a poem
about moths published in the latest issue of Consilience among such beautiful work 🦋
about moths published in the latest issue of Consilience among such beautiful work 🦋
Issue 19 of the science, poetry, & art journal Consilience, has just been published!
This issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’.
www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19 #SciComm #SciArt 🧪 #Poetry
This issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’.
www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19 #SciComm #SciArt 🧪 #Poetry
Consciousness (Issue 19) — Consilience
Issue 19 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'insects'.
www.consilience-journal.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Honoured to have a poem
about moths published in the latest issue of Consilience among such beautiful work 🦋
about moths published in the latest issue of Consilience among such beautiful work 🦋
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Are you curious how the climate policies of political party manifestos stack up ahead of 🇮🇪 #ge24 next week?
❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment
✅ the Labour Party came out on top
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...
❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment
✅ the Labour Party came out on top
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...
Labour tops manifesto assessment on climate, the three largest parties all fail | Friends of the Earth
Campaigners call for would-be Taoiseachs to be challenged on their party’s failure in Leaders’ Debate The Labour Party has come out on top in
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November 25, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Are you curious how the climate policies of political party manifestos stack up ahead of 🇮🇪 #ge24 next week?
❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment
✅ the Labour Party came out on top
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...
❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment
✅ the Labour Party came out on top
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...
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“we silence the song of the Earth. We live in a much quieter world than even 50 years ago, there is 60% less buzzing, croaking, roaring, scuttling, blooming, singing and erupting life. Planet Earth is increasingly threadbare; it seems E. O. Wilson was right.” [We live in the Age of Loneliness.]
The link decided not to work this morning, so here's a direct link to our website post: www.curlewaction.org/slender-bill...
And to the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
And to the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Slender-billed Curlew declared extinct | Curlew Action
A new paper calculates that the likelihood of the Slender-billed Curlew being extinct is 99.6%. Mary Colwell reflects on this heart-breaking conclusion.
www.curlewaction.org
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
“we silence the song of the Earth. We live in a much quieter world than even 50 years ago, there is 60% less buzzing, croaking, roaring, scuttling, blooming, singing and erupting life. Planet Earth is increasingly threadbare; it seems E. O. Wilson was right.” [We live in the Age of Loneliness.]