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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Sep 9

New publication on the impressive BIOPOLE project, on nutrient export in the poles: riojournal.com/article/1637...

#UKCEH_AquaEco 🧪💦

BIOPOLE - Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts

The export of elements (particularly carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus) from the Poles critically supports global marine biodiversity and major fisheries as well as the sequestration of atmospheric carb...

riojournal.com

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Barry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · May 24

"Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs." Some honest commentary from Prof. John Sweeney: has the IE Climate Advisory Council abandoned global climate justice? Do politicians- and citizens - support that?

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

John Sweeney: Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs

We in Ireland are disproportionately contributing to the climate disasters of the present and future beyond our shores

www.irishtimes.com

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · May 24

Former Irish President (and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) says it is her view that genocide is being committed by Israel - she’s called for sanctions and a suspension of arms trade with Israel.

@virginmedianews.bsky.social

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · May 25

Even though it's windy, there are lots of damselflies (here, an azure) about by Lancaster canal #UKwildlife #insect #freshwater #damselfly

A male azure damselfly perched on a leaf. He is bright blue, with black stripes on his thorax and abdomen.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Apr 9

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."

No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...

www.commerce.gov

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ejen.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations to the new Dr Truls Hansson on completion of his joint degree with the MANTEL ITN!

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Chrissy Knight-O’Connor @chrissyknightoc.bsky.social · Dec 21

Early photo of #Newgrange, 1892 pre restoration taken by George Coffey and covered in a thick scrub of trees and bushes. ##Wintersolstice

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Jenna Robinson @jrob09.bsky.social · Dec 10

DOM summer school - Please share!
Opportunity for early/mid PhD students.

Application form: doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/ku...
Applications will be open in the first instance until 31st January 2025. Venue for the summer school: www.gu.se/en/tjarno Please send questions to [email protected]

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Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance @sustainablep.bsky.social · Dec 10

Discover how researchers harmonized nutrient-related datasets to create a groundbreaking tool for tracking nutrient fluxes and pinpointing areas most in need of action! Don’t miss this webinar—register now:

asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Phosphorus #PhosphorusRemediation

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · Dec 8

Permafrost contains 50% of all the soil carbon found on Earth (upper 3 meters). We need to keep that carbon in the ground. Fast permafrost facts to kick off the Permafrost Carbon Network meeting.

Image of a section of grey permafrost soil with ice lenses.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Dec 7

#artAdventCalendar Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 🧵

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · Dec 7

The lakes on our island are treasures in urgent need of protection

“Clearly, lake habitats in Ireland are quickly degrading”…”we must expect to lose our extensive lake ecosystems in the twenty-first century unless we rapidly reduce our impact on nature.”

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The lakes on our island are treasures in urgent need of protection

Ella McSweeney: Without radical and urgent changes in how we use the land, the future of our most distinctive lakes is bleak

www.irishtimes.com

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ejen.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social · Dec 6

Huge thanks to Trinity College Dublin Dept Engineering for use of the stunning Museum Building last night for our book launch Lake in Ireland - Mirrorsof Change 👏👏

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Elvira de Eyto @edeeyto.bsky.social · Dec 3

Are you interested in the history, geography, biology and sociology of lakes in Ireland?
Take a look at our new book, with contributions from 52 people working in the area, and edited by @cathdalt.bsky.social and @ejen.bsky.social

#OpenAccess link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️💦🌊🐟🦆🦟🪲

Catherine Dalton @cathdalt.bsky.social · Dec 2

New OPEN ACCESS book on Lakes in Ireland hdl.handle.net/10793/1973 @epaireland.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social@aicbrn.bsky.social @marineinst.bsky.social @caugustenborg.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social #lakesinireland

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Dr. Andrés Peredo Arce @miluelbarbaro.bsky.social · Nov 28

DATA CALL - DEADLINE APPROACHING

We want to add new sites to our European longtime series database of freshwater biodiversity
(see doi.org/10.1038/s415...)

To contribute check the link with all the details of the data call
www.senckenberg.de/en/call-for-...

Thank you very much!
#freshwaterecology

Map of Europe showing the sampling sites (and the geographical gaps) present in our database. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176229

Map of Europe showing the sampling sites (and the geographical gaps) present in our database. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1

Map of Europe showing the sampling sites (and the geographical gaps) present in our database. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Dec 2

"Climate action is no longer the burden of one party — it is a shared responsibility that must transcend election cycles." - My take on #GE24 in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Comment: Kamikaze Green Party sacrificed itself for climate goals

There is much talk that climate was not a priority issue in this election. However, much has changed in the political landscape since 2020, writes Cara Augustenborg

www.irishexaminer.com

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Nov 30

The @ukceh.bsky.social is offering a training course on freshwater phytoplankton identification. Check it out....

#freshwater #plankton #algae #taxonomy

🧪💦🦠

www.ceh.ac.uk/training/fre...

Freshwater phytoplankton identification

This course will give you experience with various methods for sampling and analysing freshwater algae. You will have practice and gain more knowledge about microscopic identification. Students: £799 ...

www.ceh.ac.uk

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Dec 1

🌊 Why is the North Atlantic Cooling?

A @natureportfolio.bsky.social study uncovers how a cold patch in the North Atlantic - despite global warming - feeds itself by influencing wind patterns.

Could this reshape our understanding of climate change?

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm 🧪

A positive atmospheric feedback on the North Atlantic warming hole - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - A positive atmospheric feedback on the North Atlantic warming hole

www.nature.com

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · Nov 29

A great buzz @quaternaryirl.bsky.social Annual Autumn Symposium on Peatlands in #GeologicalSurveyIreland today. Lectures wide ranging & informative. Well done to IQUA organisers & thanks to #GSI for hosting

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Mike Lurling🟥 @blauwalg.bsky.social · Nov 29

@gerali.bsky.social Hi Ali, nice to see you in the Blue Heaven 💪

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · Nov 29

You are seeing the yearly evolution of the average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic since 1980.

Climate Pulse makes it easy for anyone to explore daily, monthly & yearly global surface air & sea surface temperature data.

Our guide: climate.copernicus.eu/climate-puls...

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ejen.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social · Nov 29

New paper from Sofia La Fuente et al. '𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲'. Our results indicate that average evaporation rates from 23 European #lakes and reservoirs are expected to increase by 42% under RCP8.5. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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ejen.bsky.social @ejen.bsky.social · Nov 29

Great photo @mudswoman.bsky.social and congrats on your own chapter in the book 😀we are SO excited about the book. biggest thanks go to lake queen Catherine Dalton who drove the whole project forward so expertly 👏

Cathy Delaney @mudswoman.bsky.social · Nov 29

Delighted to see new book 'Lakes in Ireland - Mirrors of Change', edited by Catherine Dalton, @edeeyto.bsky.social and Eleanor Jennings now available on open access at oar.marine.ie/handle/10793.... Congrats to the editors!

Book cover showing a view of a lake with clouds reflected in the surface within an upland landscape

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Yves Prairie @yprairie.bsky.social · Nov 22

My department is opening a faculty position in limnology/lake ecosystem ecology. Please distribute!
bio.uqam.ca/wp-content/u...

bio.uqam.ca

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Nov 22

🧪 🧪 We are hiring a new limnology professor at UQAM! Come join us in the GRIL. Posting is below / Nous embauchons un nouveau prof en limnologie à l'UQAM! Rejoignez-vous à nous dans le GRIL 🧪 🧪 --> bio.uqam.ca/wp-content/u...
Please re-post.

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