🐲👀 Why is it so much easier to see Wales during a heatwave? Atmospheric refraction. 👨‍🎓 Associate Professor Conor Sweeney explains: “In sunny weather, if we have nice clear air, we can see further than normal...At the surface, over the Irish Sea, the sea keeps the air relatively cool."

How do we open our cities to animal movement?🐾🦡 Dr. Adam Kane of the UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science will discuss at the next UCD Library @ucdresearch.bsky.social #CitizenScience event. 📆Thurs, 4 Jun ⏰10.30am-12pm 📍💻UCD Global Lounge (& online) Register at forms.gle/7wAVzMqnc63G...

Anticipated starting date is September 2026. Full job description and application details here: my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal… Please share with anyone who may be interested.

Coinciding with Biodiversity Week, our 2026 series of biodiversity identification workshops kicks off on Monday 18 May. These hands-on sessions led by UCD biodiversity academics and researchers will teach you how to spot and identify local #plants, #birds, #mammals, #invertebrates and more!

Wonderful day out in the Wicklow Hills with Sam Kelley @arctic-glacial.bsky.social providing a CPD for Mountain Leaders on behalf of @mountaineeringirl.bsky.social focusing on cultural and geological heritage. Thanks to MI and especially Helen Lawless for organising!

This all derived from @ucdearth.bsky.social support for the UCD Mountain Research Group ⛰️ which allowed us to develop connections with @mountaineeringirl.bsky.social

We were delighted to feature this excellent piece by @graemewarren.bsky.social as part of our Earth Comment series, which provides opinion and explainers on environmental, climate and sustainability issues from the Earth Institute's leading experts. Read it and more 👇👇👇 www.ucd.ie/earth/comment/

Super day for our bumblebee ID workshop on @ucddublin.bsky.social campus today, focusing on all 21 bumblebee species in Ireland. Plenty of bee activity in the gorgeous wildlife area by Conway Institute. @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology

We're looking for records of ground nesting bees around Europe! Can you help? Follow the simple steps below! @aicbrn.bsky.social @esai-irl.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social

Ready to put a spring in your step? Then join our lunchtime campus walks which kick off next week with an exploration of sound! 🗓️ Wednesday 15 April ⏰ 1pm-2pm 📍 Chess garden next to the UCD lake and the Science Centre All welcome, no booking required. 👋 More details 👇 www.ucd.ie/earth/news-o...

Food for thought from Earth Institute journalist in residence Sylvia Thompson in @irishtimes.com, where she highlights research by Asst Prof Sarah Browne (UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science) on 🇮🇪's school meals programme, its issues & opportunities.🥗 👇👇👇 tinyurl.com/mrxyvsnd

📣 UCD researchers - want to know if your work could make headlines? Find out at our next coffee morning where you’ll meet this year's journalists in residence: @tommygreene.bsky.social, Sylvia Thompson (co-hosted with @biorbic.bsky.social) & @jadewilson.bsky.social. Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/y3h4uuah

For #WorldWaterDay2026, we heard from three #UCD researchers working on water-related topics. From the impact of #climatechange on #saltmarshes to the study of #oceanpollution & #citizenscience, their #research is vital to protecting our most valuable resource. 🌍💧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaAF...

📢 Don’t miss our next Adapt for the Future seminar! 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 🗓️ Tues 24 March ⏰ 12pm-2pm 📍 MoLI, 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, D02XY43 Details & tickets 👉 tinyurl.com/5n6cksma #Communities #Culture #Heritage #Policymakers #UNESCO

We're delighted to announce that @tommygreene.bsky.social along with @irishtimes.com journalists Sylvia Thompson and Jade Wilson are our journalists in residence for 2026! 🎉 We look forward to welcoming Tommy, Sylvia (whose residency is being co-hosted with @biorbic.bsky.social ) and Jade

As part of my #Climate Fellowship at @ucdearth.bsky.social I will be presenting next week at a fantastic event organised by the Learning Planet Institute on Child-Centred #ClimateEducation through storytelling for agency, empowerment and hope. All welcome in-person or online: lnkd.in/eF65VKW9

Our latest Earth Comment piece, based on a recently published journal article by Dr Ashley Cahillane, Dr @dotklobuk.bsky.social, Prof John Brannigan & Prof Johanna Forster, outlines how a novel approach to collecting data on cultural ecosystem benefits can illuminate cultural relationships between

Our next 'Adapt for the Future' seminar, which takes place in Museum of Literature Ireland on Tuesday 24 Feb, will focus on the mounting pressures on Ireland's #transport systems & how tackling these challenges means a gear shift from reactive measures towards strategic #adaptation & #planning. 🎯

Our director, Eoin O'Neill, spoke on @rteradio1.bsky.social earlier, discussing the impact of #StormChandra. While he hightlighted investment by the State in #flood defences in the past decade, and its ongoing work, he said lengthy #planning processes & decision lead-in times are delaying...

Some excellent reporting here by @ucdearth.bsky.social journalist-in-residence @eithnedodd.bsky.social on the state of Ireland’s #saltmarshes, featuring UCD Climate Fellow Dr Grace Cott from @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Biology and Environmental Science. 👇 www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

It was an absolute pleasure to host this years Irish Pollinator Research Network meeting in @ucddublin.bsky.social yesterday. A great bunch of people doing great research, while also supporting the All Ireland Pollinator Plan. Thanks to @ucdearth.bsky.social for support!

An excellent read in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social by our director Prof Eoin O'Neill in which he outlines how honesty is the best policy when it comes to informing people about what’s actually required to tackle #climatechange and for Ireland to #decarbonise at scale. 🌍⚡ tinyurl.com/44c2cu43

UCD #CitizenScience event🌀 Met Éireann is calling on the public to help rescue millions of historic weather observations currently held in handwritten paper records. Dr. Rhonda McGovern will run a free hands-on workshop on 27 Jan in James Joyce Library Link 3. Register: forms.gle/cXs26gVj68pN...

Peatland archaeology and ecology beer mats! Another fab output from our amazing Irish Peatland Archaeology Across Time Project, in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute and Peatland Finance Ireland! www.ucd.ie/earth/news-o... @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucc.ie

We were delighted to support 'Our Living Soil' – a conference organised by our colleagues Olaf Schmidt, @aislingmoffat.bsky.social, Shane O'Reilly, @thoscummins.bsky.social from UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, @tudublin.bsky.social & @sssireland.bsky.social to mark #WorldSoilDay 🌱🟫

Great to hear Dr Tadhg O'Mahony discussing his recent @irishexaminer.bsky.social opinion piece about Ireland's #climate policy with Fionnuala Jones on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social's 📻 show on @newstalkfm.bsky.social today. Listen back ➡️ tinyurl.com/38p2aw2x @ucddublin.bsky.social

Don't miss out on this #worldsoilday2025 event 🪱 When: Friday 5 December 2025 Where: UCD, Dublin FREE registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/our-living... - @epaireland.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social

Important opinion piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social by Dr Tadhg O'Mahony, Assistant Professor at UCD Environmental Policy & UCD Earth Institute Climate Fellow, in which he lays out how Ireland has been on the wrong path in terms of its hashtag#climate policy for too many years...

Our Earth Comment series (www.ucd.ie/earth/comment/) is a great source of opinion and explainers on environmental, climate and sustainability issues from our leading experts. Don't miss the latest piece where Prof Gary Boyd of @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Architecture, Planning &

Conversations on the potential of restoring seagrass and salt marsh habitats to store carbon hosted by @ucdearth.bsky.social A hugely informative event; as Govt scrambles to meet sectoral targets, consideration on these habitats needs further attention.

Are you a journalist covering #environment or #sustainability? Would you like to work with @ucddublin.bsky.social's top researchers to break the best stories? Here's the good news - the 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open! Apply today 👉 tinyurl.com/5n835nk2

Excited to share our latest publication, in which we characterise key sociogovernance processes in Marine Protected Areas, to support the selection of appropriate tools for stakeholder engagement 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.oc... @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

We’re excited to invite you to the first of a new UCD Earth Institute seminar series, taking place in @molimuseum.bsky.social on 28 October. 👐 𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 will bring together experts, policymakers & industry leaders to discuss how Ireland can respond to complex sustainability challenges.

#Forest #pests on the horizon in the @irishtimes.com with #ips_typographus. irishtimes.com/environment/... @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social UCD SBES and Forestry research on resilient forests @teagasc.bsky.social #OPRAM #ADAPTForRes

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

Fascinating new @rte.ie Brainstorm article by @darastanley.bsky.social (Institute member & Assoc Prof at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Agriculture & Food Science), in which she lays out the threats to Ireland’s #insects, #pollinators & beekeeping from the #AsianHornet. 👇 tinyurl.com/uwxp5z4s

A study published in 2024 found that Europe’s ground-nesting birds, particularly those nesting in farming areas, are at a significantly higher risk of decline than other birds. 📉 Barry McMahon, Assoc Prof at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Agriculture & Food Science (& one of the study's authors)

"𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩-𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬." Sobering piece in @theguardian.com by Dr Ruth Leeney of @ucddublin.bsky.social on her deep-sea sharks research, and how marine life is being ravaged by bottom trawling. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How climate stories & poetry can inspire & engage people - looking forward to this discussion @molimuseum.bsky.social w. environment writers, thinkers and activists, hosted by @athenamediaie.bsky.social & @ucdearth.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/earth/events...

Great to team up with @athenamediaie.bsky.social for this storytelling event in @molimuseum.bsky.social, featuring @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social @kosull.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social, Ricky Whelan & @ucddublin.bsky.social lecturer Treasa De Loughry. Book your place at tinyurl.com/yhk8vh9u!

Listen back to Prof Gerald Mills of UCD School of Geography on @rteradio1.bsky.social, outlining why cities will need more green spaces & shade and buildings will have to be better ventilated in the future as global temperatures continue to rise due to climate change. 👇 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Be sure to catch the final episode of 'Food Island' – our podcast collaboration with the Irish Farmers Journal, where you can hear @ucddublin.bsky.social Assoc Professor @tomcurran.bsky.social talk ammonia emissions, biodiversity pressures & Ireland's bioeconomy future. 👇👇👇 tinyurl.com/mnzkuuym

@sssireland.bsky.social and @ucdearth.bsky.social #WorldSoilDay conference, UCD Village Auditorium, 5-December 2025 Register interest tinyurl.com/vafcf2x7 Soil Science Society of Ireland and UCD Earth Institute Funded by Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency @epaireland.bsky.social

"In 2024, the State added just 1,573 hectares of new forest, the lowest number in nearly 80 years." Great to read this excellent piece in @irishtimes.com by Jeremy (an Earth Institute journalist in residence) on why Irish farmers are not taking advantage of grants and getting involved in forestry.

“If there are any global issues or a war, we are not in any way self-sufficient.” Don't miss this latest Food Island pod episode where Prof Patrick Paul Walsh talks Ireland's food security, its overreliance on imports & weakened capacity to grow food 👇 tinyurl.com/3x93zef3 @ucddublin.bsky.social

We had a lovely, and productive, few days last week at the @ucdearth.bsky.social writing retreat, in the gorgeous Belfield House @ucddublin.bsky.social. Thanks to all who attended for making it so pleasant! @jonyearsley.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @hollyenglish.bsky.social

There's lots to digest in this, the second episode, of our podcast collaboration with the Irish Farmers Journal, so don't miss award-winning journalist Janine Kennedy as she continues her journey through the history of Irish food and farming. 👇 tinyurl.com/3ebbt22k

Did you know that 2024-25 was a bumper year for us? Since September of last year: 👥 Our membership has grown to over 200 academics drawn from 31 of UCD’s 38 schools & all colleges. We organised more than 90 events including seminars & workshops. 💬 Over 200 speakers contributed to our events.

Great to work with the Irish Farmers Journal on a new pod exploring the past, present & future of Irish food & agriculture. Lots to digest in Ep 1 where @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Assoc Profs Meriel McClatchie & Jessica Smyth discuss Ireland's past diets & farming practices. 👇 tinyurl.com/2xw9n4vf