{"id":4435,"date":"2025-06-24T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:06:17","slug":"crymlyn-wetland-bog-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/research\/crymlyn-wetland-bog-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Crymlyn Wetland (Bog) Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest version of the Crymlyn Bog live microbial activity monitor and data logging system is now running HERE<\/a>. The interface provides a visualisation of electrogenic bacterial activity on two different locations in the Bonymaen area of Swansea, UK. One is in the Mount Zion Chapel garden in the Bonymaen housing estate, the other in the Crymlyn Bog, the largest largest area of lowland fen in Wales<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The Crymlyn Wetland (Bog) Data system was developed as part of Artstation’s Natural Law<\/a> project. They explain HERE<\/a> that “this comparative display is designed to highlight the often-overlooked value of wetland ecosystems. By contrasting soil vitality between these two sites, the artwork invites public engagement and encourages local businesses and communities to recognise the ecological significance of undervalued green spaces.”<\/p>\n

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Following on\u00a0past work with electrogenic bacteria<\/a> and microbial fuel cells, this project makes visible the activity of soil bacteria in a citizen science approach. Early findings indicate that the bacterial population in the bog is much more active than that of the heavily polluted soil in the housing estate.<\/p>\n

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For this latest instalment we use graphite felt electrodes. Unlike the zinc and copper we used before, that can exchange electrically charged particles, graphite felt is an electrically neutral material. This ensures that the voltage measured is not generated by the exchange of ions between two metals, but most likely by the build-up of bacterial activity near the electrodes.<\/p>\n

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Carbon felt electrodes<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSetting-up the electrodes and remote data transmission device in the Crymlyn Bog,\u00a0 photos by Glenn Davidson, Artstation<\/em><\/p>\n

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Posts on the early stages of the project:<\/p>\n

15-09-2024<\/a><\/p>\n

27-02-2024<\/a><\/p>\n

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The electronics R+D for this project were partly funded by Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University<\/em><\/p>\n

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The latest version of the Crymlyn Bog live microbial activity monitor and data logging system is now running HERE. The interface provides a visualisation of electrogenic bacterial activity on two different locations in the Bonymaen area of Swansea, UK. One is in the Mount Zion Chapel garden in the Bonymaen housing estate, the other in the Crymlyn Bog, the largest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions\/4746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}