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🌍 Calling journalists: Applications are open for our 2025 journalist-in-residence scheme which offers unique chance to work with top environmental, climate + sustainability researchers at University College Dublin 💵 €2,500 or €3,500 📅 Deadline: 10 Jan 2025 🔗 ucd.ie/earth/whatwedo…

'The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts' Inspirational words from ashore from Dr Billy Haunter @biogeochembilly.bsky.social to help keep the team motivated whilst coring today using the Geological Survey IE vibrocore.

'The Last Core' Photo courtesy of Ashley Cahillane Our final sample from what has been a highly productive survey onboard #RVTomCrean as part of the University College Dublin & Dublin City University QUEST Project investigating Blue Carbon potential of marine sediments. Homeward bound, details to follow!

📢 Pre Christmas post looking to give a PhD opportunity in the new year 🎅 I'm co-supervising a project with the wonderful Sara Benetti focused on offshore Quaternary geology, seabed mapping & renewable energy ⏰️Submission deadline 3 February 2025👇 ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcolleg…

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📢 Join us for the 2nd Irish AMOC Meeting 2025! 🗓️ Jan 9-10, 2025 📍 DCU Alpha, Dublin 🌊 Explore AMOC's impact led by iCRAG researchers Dr. Gerard McCarthy & Dr. Audrey Morley Audrey Morley Gerard McCarthy Networking + workshop meal by Met Éireann Register: forms.office.com/pages/response…

My timeline is ok, but I'm tired of yer man's guff, so I'm migrating over to the other place 🔵🌌 I'm no influencer, but if anyone wants to find me there, I'm Mark Coughlan as well. See you there hopefully!

Gone to review, so a "hot on the press" announcement? 📢 Here University College Dublin, Mark has been looking at improving organic carbon stock estimates in marine sediments 📊 Key information for deciding Blue Carbon seabed management strategies 🌊 Work funded by Marine Institute & EPA Ireland

On this International Women's Day, I want to acknowledge the Mná-some women in #STEM I work with UCD Earth Sciences & further afield 💪 In particular Jennifer Keenahan, Katrien Van Landeghem, Shauna Creane, Phoebe Walsh, Muireann Walsh, Ciara Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh & Pegah Amjadian 🙌

New multi sensor core scanning equipment heading our way in the UCD Earth Sciences 🙌 Really looking forward to the research opportunities this will open up in characterising Earth materials for a range of applications across climate, environmental, energy & engineering projects 🌏

Thank you to Mark Coughlan Lucas Porz Mark Sophie Ward Zoe Roseby and Natalie Ruth Hicks for such a fantastic #BlueCarbon session at European Geosciences Union. Great posters, talks, and socials making everyone feel a part of the gang Learnt lots, met brilliant people, and enjoyed Vienna

What a week at #EGU25. Co-convened a #bluecarbon session, with Phoebe Walsh presenting her latest work on trawling & seafloor recovery. Shauna Creane & Aelita Totska presented a new sediment mobility tool, & Muireann Walsh gave her first PhD poster on Irish Sea morpodynamics 👏

Looking for that summer beach read? ☀️🏖 Look no further than this behemoth pre-print review w/ contributions from colleagues all over Europe👇 doi.org/10.31223/X57734 It's a smorgasbord of Quaternary stratigraphy, geomorphology, geophysics, geotechnics & geohazards. Enjoy 👌

In sunny Aghada for some engaged research as part of our Marine Institute & iCRAG Centre ENACT project, listening to coastal communities and their perspectives on the #energytransition 🔋💨🍃

What better place for the MESSAGE Group writing retreat than where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea ⛰️🌊 Great few days of writing, discussions & generally being inspired, led by Emma Millet, Tomas Buitendijk & Geertje Schuitema, sponsored by Marine Institute ✍️🗣