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New beer mats to give public a taste of Ireland’s peatland heritage 19Dec
New beer mats to give public a taste of Ireland’s peatland heritage

UCD Climate Fellow Dr Shane Mc Guinness is one of the researchers behind a specially commissioned series of beer mats about Ireland’s peatlands being distributed to pubs across Dublin and Cork ahead of the festive season. The development of the mats, which feature detailed artwork and facts focusing on the biodiversity and cultural history preserved in the country’s bogs, was led by researchers at UCD and UCC in collaboration with artist Eleanor Brayden.
Earth Institute proud to support first Coastal Ecology Workshop held in Ireland 09Dec
Earth Institute proud to support first Coastal Ecology Workshop held in Ireland

The Earth Institute was delighted to sponsor the recent Coastal Ecology Workshop (CEW) which was held in Dublin for the very first time. This year’s event, which was held at the Shoreline Hotel in Donabate late last month, was organised by Ragna Hoogenboom and Eliza Fairchild from UCD’s Blue Carbon Group and Trinity’s Coastal Research Group members Dr Erica Terese Krueger, Kevin O’Leary and Jenny Clarke.

Muddying the waters - how \'sludge\' can complicate and delay urgent climate action plans 26Nov
Muddying the waters - how 'sludge' can complicate and delay urgent climate action plans

The second of the Earth Institute’s Adapt for the Future lunchtime sessions, entitled Bureaucratic Burdens in a Warming World and which took place yesterday, focused on how paperwork and frustrating administrative hurdles can delay climate action. Defined as ‘sludge’, these excessive behavioural frictions can muddy the waters by making it harder for people to do what they intend to do – or in the case of climate action, stall vital projects such as afforestation or local energy initiatives.

Inaugural UCD SATELLITE Artist in Residence at Mayo Dark Sky Park, Wild Nephin National Park 24Nov
Inaugural UCD SATELLITE Artist in Residence at Mayo Dark Sky Park, Wild Nephin National Park

UCD College of Science and Parity Studios in partnership with Mayo Dark Sky Park at Wild Nephin National Park have selected artist Louise Beer as the inaugural SATELLITE Artist in Residence, beginning a year-long collaboration between art, science, and the night sky. The residency is also supported by National Parks and Wildlife Service, UCD Centre for Space Research and UCD Earth Institute.
Science Week events - Earth Institute researchers working with artists to explore river catchments 10Nov
Science Week events - Earth Institute researchers working with artists to explore river catchments

Earth Institute members feature in water-related Science Week events organised by Eco Showboat artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly as part of their project Catchments 2025.
An auditorium with panel discussion 06Nov
UCD Climate Fellows announced as part of event on how to talk about climate change so that people actually listen

People don’t talk about climate change enough, it can seem unreal and distant, and can be an uncomfortable and divisive topic for people to discuss - so how do we talk about climate change so that people actually listen? asked George Marshall yesterday at an event in UCD where seven new UCD Climate Fellows were announced.
The 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open 31Oct
The 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open

We are now taking applications to our journalist-in-residence call. The residency programme is an innovative initiative to provide early career and established journalists with the opportunity to work directly with climate, environment and sustainability researchers in UCD, aiming to enable high-quality journalism around these topics. Deadline 8 December

Blue carbon the focus of inaugural \'Adapt for the Future\' seminar 30Oct
Blue carbon the focus of inaugural 'Adapt for the Future' seminar

Saltmarshes and seagrasses and their capacity to store carbon was the focus of the first of our new seminar series, 'Adapt for the Future', which kicked off in the Museum of Literature Ireland earlier this week. The lunchtime event, entitled 'Carbon in coastal ecosystems – an Irish perspective', featured presentations on the carbon stocks and sequestration rates of saltmarsh ecosystems; their carbon sources and management, and how Irish seagrass meadows operate as blue carbon systems.

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