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Mace Head Research Station.The Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies.
Our Director Prof. Jurgita 🌍 shared C-CAPS’ vision at the Ryan Institute—spotlighting projects MEITHEAL & The Air We Share for community-driven climate & air quality solutions.
#ClimateAction
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phys.org/news/2025-09...
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Soot's climate-altering properties change within hours of entering atmosphere
Billions upon billions of soot particles enter Earth's atmosphere each second, totaling about 5.8 million metric tons a year—posing a climate-warming impact previously estimated at almost one-third th...
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-soot-climate-properties-hours-atmosphere.html
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🌍✨ The Air We Share is running a free exhibition on air, climate & community through arts at the Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick St. Open to all until 28 Sept! Funded by @creativeirl.
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
@galwaycitycouncil.bsky.social
More: 🔗
theairweshare.ie
#Galway
#TheAirWeShare
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Making the invisible visible, by engaging with the issue of air quality through artistic interventions
https://theairweshare.ie
17 days ago
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It is also important to consider the role of swell waves in sea spray formation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Shoreline wave breaking strongly enhances the coastal sea spray aerosol population: Climate and air quality implications
Wave energy, not wind speed, controls sea spray production near shorelines, with implications for coastal aerosol populations.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw0343
22 days ago
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Great insights on Ship Emission Profiles at Dublin Port and Decadal trends & source attribution of Aerosols at Mace Head from our own Dr. Kirsten Fossum & Dr. Vaios @
@icnaa2025.bsky.social
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@epaireland.bsky.social
@ucc.ie
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28 days ago
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🌟Key aerosol sources across Europe Highlighted in this collaborative research presented at
@icnaa2025.bsky.social
by our own Dr. Vignesh!
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#AirQuality
30 days ago
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✨ Having a great time at
#ICNAA2025
in Vienna – catching up with old friends and meeting new colleagues! Lots of excellent presentations, including contributions from our group
@ryaninstitute.bsky.social
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
🌍📊
#Nucleation
#AtmosphericAerosols
about 1 month ago
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🤝 Meet SciCo with Dr.
@lizcoleman.bsky.social
! 📅 Mon 22 Sept, 10am | River Room
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Discover how this Athens-based nonprofit brings science to life for 400k+ people & explore new
#STEM/#STEAM
collaborations. 👉
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Microsoft Forms
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about 1 month ago
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🎓👩🔬 Our very own Dr
@lizcoleman.bsky.social
of
@ryaninstitute.bsky.social
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
talks to
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
Moncrieff about the STEM gender gap at Leaving Cert & its impact at 3rd level. Listen here: 🔗
goloudplayer.com/episodes/gen...
#STEM
#GenderGap
#Ireland
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Gender gap in STEM subjects and the effect at third level
A studio has highlighted the stark gender gap in STEM subjects at Leaving Cert level. Just over 43% of female Leaving Cert students studied another STEM subject outside of biology, such as agricult...
https://goloudplayer.com/episodes/gender-gap-in-stem-subjects-and--NGRlMjkzYzQ4YzU3NTVhMzgzM2UwYjFjNDNkODBmNmY=
about 1 month ago
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📢 The Air We Share press release is out! Opening @GalwayArts Sat 16 Aug, 2–5 PM. Art + science + community on air & climate change! 📷
theairweshare.ie
#TheAirWeShare
#GalwayArts
#ClimateAction
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about 2 months ago
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It’s still warm, but as heating season approaches, remember: burning solid fuels at home is the main culprit of urban air pollution.
#heat
#solidfuels
#airquality
#aerosource
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@deptcee.bsky.social
@ryaninstitute.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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🏠 Live in an energy-efficient home? Join BE-VENT
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
. on Aug 16 (11am–2 pm) to share ideas on indoor air quality 💨 🍽️ Free lunch + €30 voucher 📩 Email
[email protected]
to sign up Info: ARDEN
shorturl.at/SbaMS
| HAVEN
shorturl.at/OU9iA
#IAQ
#Retrofit
about 2 months ago
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@uniofgalway.bsky.social
, Creative Ireland, Galway City Council & partners celebrated
#WestsideArtsFestival
(July 8–12), using art to tackle climate change via “The Air We Share” workshops on air pollution & climate.
#TheAirWeShare
#ArtForChange
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2 months ago
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Announcing “Emission Verification for Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)” at
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
, funded by
@epaireland.bsky.social
and led by CCAPS. This project will strengthen N₂O emissions monitoring in Ireland. 🔗
encoren2o.com
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#ClimateAction
#GHG
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ENCORE – EmissioN verifiCation fOr nitRous oxide
https://encoren2o.com
3 months ago
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Exciting! 🎉 The €6.5M
#PEACEAir
project, led by ERNACT & funded by
#PEACEPLUS
, is set to combat cross-border air pollution across Ireland & Northern Ireland over 3.5 yrs. Healthier communities ahead!
#CleanAir
#AirQualityMatters
#CrossBorderCollaboration
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€6.5m of PEACEPLUS funding awarded to improve air quality across the island of Ireland
https://www.seupb.eu/latest/news/eu65m-peaceplus-funding-awarded-improve-air-quality-across-island-ireland
3 months ago
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📣Early registration for the 22nd ICNAA in Vienna ends June 15! Join us Aug 24-29, 2025, for cutting-edge science & unforgettable social events. Celebrate 70 years of nucleation research! 🍷 Don't miss out!
#ICNAA2025
#Aerosols
#Nucleation
icnaa2025.univie.ac.at/registration/
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4 months ago
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In the middle of hosting two amazing field campaigns! **COAST-VOC** (
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
) and **CARES**: (
nerccares.wordpress.com
) Science in action at the land-sea-atmosphere interface! 🌿
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#COASTVOC
#CARES
#ClimateScience
#AtmosChem
4 months ago
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Great showing by the C-CAPS team at the UCC’s Clean Air Research Event (Nov 26–27)! David shared on the EpicAir: tracking air pollution and climate change culprits, Dr. Fossum on
#PortAIR
(Dublin Port), and Dr. Vaios on
#TownAir
.
#CleanAir
#EpicAir
#UCC
#researchirel
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4 months ago
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TY Week 2025: 58 students, 10 workshops, 2 tours, team-building & video showcases! Huge thanks to Tiernan Henry, Ideas Lab, Lorna, Liz & all who made it possible. 🎓👏
#TY2025
#FutureReady
#LearningInAction
#EpicAir
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4 months ago
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🍻🌫️ Join us in Galway for two pint-sized talks on what’s in our air—from ocean microbes to climate change! 🗓️ May 19 & 21 🎟️ More info:
pintofscience.ie/event/atoms-...
pintofscience.ie/event/planet...
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Air, water and sugars: physics and chemistry around us!
From invisible particles floating in the air to air forced through liquids...the physics at the core of it all will be the focus of this evening. Join us a…
https://pintofscience.ie/event/atoms-to-galaxies-2-1
5 months ago
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We combined machine learning with rolling PMF to quantitatively separate local vs. transboundary sources of oxygenated organic aerosol (OOA) in Dublin -- a meaningful step toward smarter air quality policy! Read more:
doi.org/10.1021/acse...
#MachineLearning
#OOA
#UrbanAirQuality
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Enhancing Differentiation of Oxygenated Organic Aerosol: A Machine Learning Approach to Distinguish Local and Transboundary Pollution
Accurate source apportionment of particulate matter (PM), especially of organic aerosol (OA), is crucial for targeted mitigation efforts. Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) is powerful in source attr...
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00331
5 months ago
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Reminder: It's happening today! Today at 5pm! at the G10 Hardiman Building, University of Galway. Welcome all.
#TheAirWeShare
#Spéirscéalta
#MaceHead
#TAWS
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6 months ago
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Setting up nearly complete for
#EpicAir
and
#SolidAir
! Now the fun begins…🤠
6 months ago
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📢 Join us for the *Spéirscéalta* book launch! 📅 April 7, 5 PM | 📍 University of Galway Library 🎶 Live Music | 🎤 Readings | 🎨 Arts & science on Air Quality 🔗 Register: [universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4355518](
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4355518
)
#Spéirscéalta
#MaceHead
#TAWS
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Citizen Science Book Launch: Spéirscéalta/Stories of the Air
The University of Galway Library is delighted to invite you to celebrate the publication of Spéirscéalta – a collection of stories that explores the air. In conjunction with...
https://universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4355518
6 months ago
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Amazing discussions at The Air We Share Networking Event at Westside Resource Center! 🎨 Inspiring artist talks 🔬 Insightful air quality and climate research by Dr. Liz Coleman & David Nganga 💡 Engaging World Café workshop Big thanks to all who joined! 🌍💙
#TAWS
#EPIC-AIR
#AirQuality
#TheAirWeShare
7 months ago
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🚀 Our very own Dr. Liz Coleman speaking at the Spéirscéalta / Stories of the Air launch in Carna! 🎉 A project blending science, folklore & culture, exploring the air through stories. 📸 Grateful to all who joined!
#Spéirscéalta
#StoriesOfTheAir
#Galway
#Connemara
#TheAirWeShare
#EPIC-AIR
7 months ago
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Join us in Vienna for
#ICNAA2025
as we celebrate 70 years of Aerosol and nucleation research conference series with cutting-edge science and unforgettable networking. Abstracts due March 15! ✨🔬
#Aerosols
#Climate
🔗
icnaa2025.univie.ac.at/home/
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7 months ago
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Big news from MaceHead! A new automatic flask sampler was installed as part of
#NUBICOS
, making it a European ‘supersite’ for greenhouse gas monitoring and radiocarbons.
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8 months ago
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How did
#StormEowyn
compare to the storm of January 1991? Well the official record states gusts to 90 knots in 1991 (
www.met.ie/cms/assets/u...
). That compares to top recorded gusts of 99 knots last Friday before power went out. 🧵
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8 months ago
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Here are the measurements taken by @MetEireann over
#StormEowyn
at Mace Head. Field trip today to get a look at the site 🤞☔️
8 months ago
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Our very own Dr. Darius Ceburnis was live on RTE Radio talking about
#StormEowyn
at Mace Head.
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8 months ago
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Our
@researchireland.bsky.social
project
#EpicAir
is joining forces with
@epaireland.bsky.social
funded project
#TownAir
to assess particle toxicity in Irish towns.
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10 months ago
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