Nessa O'Connor
@nessocon.bsky.social
#Marine Biology, #Ecology, Trinity College Dublin
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Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
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This little bivalve larva is taking a stroll with its foot…
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This little bivalve larva is taking a stroll with its foot…
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
We also launched the BRICONS project this week! There's a lot of work to do restoring habitats in the face of global change!
www.marine.ie/site-area/ne...
www.marine.ie/site-area/ne...
Marine Institute approves €1.5m award for major all-island nature restoration project | Marine Institute
www.marine.ie
October 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We also launched the BRICONS project this week! There's a lot of work to do restoring habitats in the face of global change!
www.marine.ie/site-area/ne...
www.marine.ie/site-area/ne...
SEAGROW has begun! We cannot wait to get started quantifying all the benefits of regenerative ocean farming! @tcddublin.bsky.social
🌊 We are proud to announce the launch of SeaGrow – Seaweed Ecosystem Aquaculture for GROWth and Sustainability, a new EU-funded project #EMFAF #CINEA 🌍
🔗 Learn more about the new project: aircent.re/42HwG7M
#SEAGROW #BlueEconomy #seaweed #aquaculture #EUfunded #sustainability #MarineScience
🔗 Learn more about the new project: aircent.re/42HwG7M
#SEAGROW #BlueEconomy #seaweed #aquaculture #EUfunded #sustainability #MarineScience
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
SEAGROW has begun! We cannot wait to get started quantifying all the benefits of regenerative ocean farming! @tcddublin.bsky.social
Delighted to see the Living Seawalls in Ireland!
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @louisefirth.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @louisefirth.bsky.social
Cork scientists hope new 'Living Sea Wall' in Cobh will soon teem with many species of marine life
UCC marine ecologist said wall would provide ideal homes 'for barnacles, limpets and a lot of different types of seaweed and algae'
www.irishexaminer.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Delighted to see the Living Seawalls in Ireland!
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @louisefirth.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @louisefirth.bsky.social
This is definitely true… 😔
I can relate. People assumed I was a yoga teacher until I told them what I do.
Also I’m not immune to mansplaining.
“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
🧪
Also I’m not immune to mansplaining.
“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
🧪
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds
www.science.org
October 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is definitely true… 😔
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This went completely under my radar. A rewilded Glen of the Downs Golf Course that creates an unexpected corridor between the GOTDs, Kindlestown Wood and the Little Sugar Loaf 🤯
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
The couple who bought a Wicklow golf course and turned it into a native woodland
The former Glen of the Downs Golf Course greens are now covered in 80,000 native trees, planted by Anke and John Moran
www.irishtimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This went completely under my radar. A rewilded Glen of the Downs Golf Course that creates an unexpected corridor between the GOTDs, Kindlestown Wood and the Little Sugar Loaf 🤯
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Ugh so frustrating! Just hurry up and build it! 🚆
🤯 Why?!?! Is this the final sentence of this article.
“Both Dermot Desmond and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary have criticised the Metrolink”.
It’s completely unrelated. They are not public transport experts.
They’re just an ultra polluting billionaires.
This is terrible journalism.
“Both Dermot Desmond and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary have criticised the Metrolink”.
It’s completely unrelated. They are not public transport experts.
They’re just an ultra polluting billionaires.
This is terrible journalism.
Consortium of five international companies join forces to bid for Dublin’s Metrolink
The consortium is to bid for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the Metrolink.
www.thejournal.ie
September 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Ugh so frustrating! Just hurry up and build it! 🚆
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The Irish media bear significant responsibility for Ireland's lack of progress.
The example below illustrates this clearly. Their deference to climate-denying billionaires like Michael O'Leary is so deeply ingrained that it's often overlooked — but it continues to undermine real progress.
The example below illustrates this clearly. Their deference to climate-denying billionaires like Michael O'Leary is so deeply ingrained that it's often overlooked — but it continues to undermine real progress.
🤯 Why?!?! Is this the final sentence of this article.
“Both Dermot Desmond and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary have criticised the Metrolink”.
It’s completely unrelated. They are not public transport experts.
They’re just an ultra polluting billionaires.
This is terrible journalism.
“Both Dermot Desmond and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary have criticised the Metrolink”.
It’s completely unrelated. They are not public transport experts.
They’re just an ultra polluting billionaires.
This is terrible journalism.
Consortium of five international companies join forces to bid for Dublin’s Metrolink
The consortium is to bid for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the Metrolink.
www.thejournal.ie
September 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The Irish media bear significant responsibility for Ireland's lack of progress.
The example below illustrates this clearly. Their deference to climate-denying billionaires like Michael O'Leary is so deeply ingrained that it's often overlooked — but it continues to undermine real progress.
The example below illustrates this clearly. Their deference to climate-denying billionaires like Michael O'Leary is so deeply ingrained that it's often overlooked — but it continues to undermine real progress.
She’d definitely get my vote! #Aras25 #spéirghorm
Super smart, Charming, modest, speaks Irish and has more vowels in her name than any of the other candidates #Aras25 @newschambers.bsky.social @paulnews.bsky.social
How come nobody's suggested the smartest person in the whole country for #Aras25 @aoibhinnos.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
She’d definitely get my vote! #Aras25 #spéirghorm
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"Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides"
this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.
this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.
Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides
Thistle-shaped Depastrum cyathiforme was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides"
this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.
this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.
the brilliant @marianacerca.bsky.social is highlighted this week by EU4Algae! Read about her groundbreaking work linking seaweed science and society! maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/eu4algae-int...
EU4Algae Interview Spotlight – Bridging Seaweed Science and Society: A Deep Dive with Mariana Cerca, Researcher & EU Projects Specialist
In this edition, we explore the work of Mariana Cerca, Researcher, Manager & EU Projects Specialist, as she connects scientific research with community engagement to advance regenerative ocean farming...
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu
August 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
the brilliant @marianacerca.bsky.social is highlighted this week by EU4Algae! Read about her groundbreaking work linking seaweed science and society! maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/eu4algae-int...
This review clearly shows that macroalgal decomposition rates vary significantly between experimental approaches and are severely underestimated when a refractory pool is not considered, impacting scaled-up estimates of macroalgal carbon export to the deep ocean 🌊🌱
Check out our new review paper, championed by Lydia White, "A path towards appropriate degradation experiments for assessing carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae". Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @coastclim.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social #mCDR
A path towards appropriate degradation experiments for assessing carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae
We systematically reviewed literature on macroalgal degradation. To date, most degradation experiments are carried out in aquaria or shallow environments, span short timescales or rarely incorporate ....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This review clearly shows that macroalgal decomposition rates vary significantly between experimental approaches and are severely underestimated when a refractory pool is not considered, impacting scaled-up estimates of macroalgal carbon export to the deep ocean 🌊🌱
Silence is complicity
Journalist Anas Al-Sharif reporting from Gaza, shortly before Israel killed him tonight:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Silence is complicity
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Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
August 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!
American climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier
A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.
www.cbsnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!
Mother**** wind farms!!! 😀🌊🌱
group.vattenfall.com/windfarmed
group.vattenfall.com/windfarmed
Windfarmed
We’re doing more than producing fossil free electricity at some of our offshore wind farms. We’re growing seaweed there, too. We call it Wind Farming.
group.vattenfall.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Mother**** wind farms!!! 😀🌊🌱
group.vattenfall.com/windfarmed
group.vattenfall.com/windfarmed
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Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Job Search
careers.pageuppeople.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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It absolutely makes sense that men are using AI more and seeing more job benefits, because confidently spouting nonsense in the shape of information (what LLMs are programmed to do) has always been much more of a pathway for career advancement for men than for others.
Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study
Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It absolutely makes sense that men are using AI more and seeing more job benefits, because confidently spouting nonsense in the shape of information (what LLMs are programmed to do) has always been much more of a pathway for career advancement for men than for others.
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oystercatcher
"What, I meant to do that"
"What, I meant to do that"
July 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
oystercatcher
"What, I meant to do that"
"What, I meant to do that"
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The remains of a Weather balloon- with its transmitter still attached. Been seeing a few of these washing in over the summer months 🤔
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
July 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The remains of a Weather balloon- with its transmitter still attached. Been seeing a few of these washing in over the summer months 🤔
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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I was on Newstalk earlier trying to explain why Ireland has been so hopeless in protecting our marine environment.
Listen back 📻 ⤵️
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Listen back 📻 ⤵️
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Why Ireland is failing with marine preservation | Newstalk
There are calls for the government to follow through on the promises made to ensure marine preser...
www.newstalk.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was on Newstalk earlier trying to explain why Ireland has been so hopeless in protecting our marine environment.
Listen back 📻 ⤵️
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Listen back 📻 ⤵️
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged.
📍 Townsville, AU
Closes: 8th Aug 2025
🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
📍 Townsville, AU
Closes: 8th Aug 2025
🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.
We now have an opportunity a...
careers.jcu.edu.au
July 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged.
📍 Townsville, AU
Closes: 8th Aug 2025
🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
📍 Townsville, AU
Closes: 8th Aug 2025
🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
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Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site.
UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.
UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.
July 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site.
UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.
UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.