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Mark Coughlan
@drmarkyc.bsky.social
Marine Geoscientist interested in seabed change & its sustainable use to address climate change & energy transition issues 🌍🌊 Ad Astra Fellow at UCD Earth Sciences, Investigator at iCRAG & UCD Earth Institute
Local variations in environmental predictors and dry bulk density measurements have a significant influence on #bluecarbon stock estimates in marine sediments 🌎🌊🔍

read all about it 👇
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

@mdiesing.bsky.social @biogeochembilly.bsky.social
Improving marine sediment carbon stock estimates: the role of dry bulk density and predictor adjustments
Abstract. Continental shelves are critical for the global carbon cycle as they store substantial amounts of organic carbon (OC). Shelf sediments can also be subject to considerable anthropogenic press...
bg.copernicus.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
What better place for the MESSAGE Group writing retreat than where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea ⛰️🌊

Great few days of writing, discussions & generally being inspired, led by Emma Millet, @tomasbuitendijk.bsky.social & Geertje Schuitema, sponsored by Marine Institute ✍️🗣
May 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In sunny Aghada for some engaged research as part of our Marine Institute & iCRAG ENACT project, listening to coastal communities and their perspectives on the #energytransition 🔋💨🍃
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Looking for that summer beach read? ☀️🏖

Look no further than this behemoth pre-print review from colleagues all across Europe👇
doi.org/10.31223/X57...

It's a smorgasbord of Quaternary stratigraphy, geomorphology, geophysics, geotechnics and geohazards.

Enjoy 👌
Marine Geohazards and Geo-Engineering Constraints on the Glaciated European Margins
doi.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reposted by Mark Coughlan
Just published! Our paper on the global distribution of dissolved organic carbon in coastal water. Super please to see this out 🌊🧪
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Dissolved Organic Carbon in Coastal Waters: Global Patterns, Stocks and Environmental Physical Controls
Both regional and seasonal differences exist at the global scale in coastal dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations Globally, salinity is the main driver of DOC concentrations and trends, w...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A stimulating week at #EGU25. Co-convened a #bluecarbon session, w/Phoebe Walsh presenting her latest PhD research on trawling impacts & seafloor recovery.

Shauna Creane & Aelita Totska presented a new sediment mobility tool, and Muireann Walsh gave her first PhD poster on Irish Sea morpodynamics 👏
May 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New core scanning equipment heading our way in the @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Earth Sciences 🙌

Really looking forward to the research opportunities this will open up in characterising Earth materials for a range of applications across climate, environmental, energy & engineering projects 🌏
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, has today announced a €17.7 million investment in nine research infrastructure projects through Research Ireland’s Research Infrastructure Programme.

Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/ministe...
April 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Reposted by Mark Coughlan
🚨Permanent job alert🚨 At @marumunibremen.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social, we are looking for a new professor in the field of Marine Geology. Check out the job description and how to apply here 👇
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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March 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Mark Coughlan
Really pleased to have been involved in this piece of work led by @drmarkyc.bsky.social to understand the uncertainties in seabed carbon stock assessment. 🧪🌊 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Improving Marine Sediment Carbon Stock Estimates: The Role of Dry Bulk Density and Predictor Adjustments
Abstract. Continental shelves are critical for the global carbon cycle, storing substantial amounts of organic carbon (OC) over geological timescales. Shelf sediments can also be subject to considerab...
egusphere.copernicus.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
On this International Women's Day, I want to acknowledge the Mná-some women in #STEM I work with in UCD School of Earth Sciences & further afield 💪

In particular Jennifer Keenahan, Katrien Van Landeghem, Shauna Creane, PhD., Phoebe Walsh, Muireann Walsh, Ciara Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh & Pegah Amjadian 🙌
March 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨

Open for discussion in Biogeosciences! 🌊 We show previous models may overestimate marine sediment organic carbon stocks due to biases in predictors and dry bulk density estimates.
🔎 Read & discuss:
👉 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

#BlueCarbon #EGU
Improving Marine Sediment Carbon Stock Estimates: The Role of Dry Bulk Density and Predictor Adjustments
Abstract. Continental shelves are critical for the global carbon cycle, storing substantial amounts of organic carbon (OC) over geological timescales. Shelf sediments can also be subject to considerab...
egusphere.copernicus.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reposted by Mark Coughlan
'iCRAG@10' marked 10 years of innovative research from the iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences!

Read more about the event and the impact that the Centre has had on research, industry and society over the last decade: ucd.ie/research/new...
February 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Another fine day in the field with @arctic-glacial.bsky.social & the 4th year Quaternary Geology class, trying to decipher perplexing sequences at Killiney/Shankill 🤔
January 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM