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Nancy Knowlton
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marine biologist, boomer not doomer, solutionista, 💗Maine💗
Member Natl. Acad. Sci., Darwin Medal
#EarthOptimism #OceanOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries
Author-Citizens of the Sea https://www.amazon.com/Citizens-Sea-Wondrous-Creatures-Census/dp/1426206437 .. more

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Nancy Knowlton is a coral reef biologist and a former Sant Chair for Marine Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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Environmental science 57%
Geography 16%
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 1d
#NYC is soooooo cool these days. #Mamdani rocks! gothamist.com/news/nyc-off...
NYC officials want to put rain gardens on top of bus stops
The city is testing out a green roof on a bus shelter in Brownsville, with the hope that the design can be expanded across the five boroughs.
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Inge @2ndlastunicorn.bsky.social · 2d
All hail to the goth bird 🖤
This tiny ‘goth’ bird was nearly extinct. Now it’s New Zealand’s Bird of the Year | CNN
Small, shy and clad head-to-claw in black, New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year.
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah for one of my very favorite birds in my favorite place. A great conservation success story and my news to me good news for Sept 21. #EarthOptimism #OceanOptimism www.penbaypilot.com/article/seab...
Puffins and a razorbill on Seal Island, Maine

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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 2d
Just returned from a wonderful week at @scrippsocean.bsky.social celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. Happy Birthday CMBC - so proud of all you have accomplished!!!!
Banner from UC San Diego celebrating 25th anniversary of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 2d
🌰🌳 We joined the Four Districts Woodland Group for a hazelnut collection at Rathcoole Woodland last weekend. A remarkable rewilding story, this former farmland has been recovering naturally for 35 years. We collected seed from historic hazel coppices and visited the site's rare tufa-forming springs

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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 2d
Cars out, people in. For nine and a half hours on Sunday, Brussels belonged to people on foot, bikes and skateboards.
Brussels takes back its streets on Car-Free Sunday: ‘It is a bit like a Utopia’
Brussels takes back its streets on Car-Free Sunday: 'It is a bit like a Utopia'
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