Visited the “Flotilla” Art installation on the River in Westport today. It’s part of the @researchireland.ie funded “Testing the waters” project engaging with local communities around water quality & biodiversity @climatecocentre.bsky.social

James Moran argues for a balanced approach to Cap that addresses the nexus between climate, nature & people at the RDS Finding Common Ground Festival @climatecocentre.bsky.social

Fascinating exhibition on the history, extent, land cover, conditions & uses of Ireland’s peatlands from Dr John Connolly’s rePEAT project - interdisciplinary history, geography, mapping, heritage, digitization & art sites.google.com/view/project...
@nlireland.bsky.social @epaireland.bsky.social

Beautiful northern lights in west cork tonight - great start to the new year :-)

Aedín McAdams presents her work at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social annual mtg on rehabilitation of Fen habitat for the minute whorl snail Vertigo geyeri in west of Ireland - project supported by @uisceeireann.bsky.social

Viking was a lifestyle not an ethnicity! Fascinating talk on population genomics of Europe from Eske Willerslev @acad-euro.bsky.social

Great point about the need to diversify the way we evaluate EMCRs to recognize the multi-dimensional expectations of research outputs and impact from contemporary research

Great to hear more about the benefits of #reproducibility from Jacek Kolanowski. Repetition enables research translation & avoiding “valley of death” in development of technology to preclinical stage. Optimization of process via investment in research infrastructure is key @acad-euro.bsky.social

Exciting to hear from Emmanuel Charpentier about the development of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool. Emphasized the importance of fundamental microbiology - important to support a variety of research - not just the trendy areas. @acad-euro.bsky.social

Great talk on energy transitions from Verena Winiwarter - energy system inertia means it takes generations to transition. We waste alot of energy because of stranded costs. Emerging recognition of forests as carbon sinks may be helpful. @acad-euro.bsky.social

Fascinating talk from Heino Falcke @hfalke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy on black holes at @acad-euro.bsky.social Building Bridges conference in Wrocław. Great story of team science & #reproducibility through independent tests of the imaging process within the collaboration.

Climate & Nature hustings kicking off at RIA with @foeireland.bsky.social, Stop Climate Chaos & DCU Centre for Climate & Society

Nice to find friends & colleagues here on bluesky :-) I enjoyed meeting Alf the giant newt at Dublin castle this evening as part of “Regeneration” #science week