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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · 7d

@quadratdtp.bsky.social & @climatecocentre.bsky.social PhD Student Dario Di Girolamo has been working with Ulster Uni librarians to digitise 27 PhDs detailing the ecology & biology of #LoughNeagh they are curated here & freely available: climatecocentre.org/news/lough-nea… please share!

https://climatecocentre.org/news/lough-nea…

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · 22d

#ClimateCoCentre Annual Symposium is underway

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · Jul 2

Last week, our directors and members of the operations team visited our research partners at @unioflimerick.bsky.social. It was great to connect with Prof. Ann Ledwith (Interim Provost) and Prof. Finbar Murphy (Exec. Director, UL Business School).

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our @ukceh.bsky.social team have written about how studying North Atlantic Ocean patterns can predict UK droughts a year in advance.

Read more here: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Studying North Atlantic Ocean patterns can predict UK droughts a year in advance

Dr Amulya Chevuturi, a hydroclimate data scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, discusses an exciting research finding that could help the UK better prepare for droughts.

www.ceh.ac.uk

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Diarmuid Torney @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social · Jun 6

Interested in the roles #children and #young people can & should play in #environmental decision-making?

We are advertising a #PhD scholarship on this topic based in @dcuclimate.bsky.social starting this September

Deadline 23 June.

Full details: diarmuidtorneyorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

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Diarmuid Torney @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social · Jun 6

The PhD is part of @climatecocentre.bsky.social and will be co-supervised by me, Ben Mallon @benjaminmallon.bsky.social, Rowan Oberman & Clodagh Harris @clodaghharris.bsky.social.

@ybuckley.bsky.social @meecoprof.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Summer Solstice from the Brink! 2025

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · Jun 5

3/3 … courage and convivial resistance.

Check out @playthinkbrink.bsky.social’s Summer Solstice 2025 schedule from 13th-22nd June - something in the programming for everyone:
playthinkbrink.com/summersolstice…

See the schedule for the 16th:
playthinkbrink.com/monday-16th

https://playthinkbrink.com/summersolstice…

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · Jun 5

A morning of facts & feeling uncovering the spoiled - what's broken, what's been lost and what's at stake. An afternoon of Stirring up ideas - rethinking, reshaping & rehearsing what might come next, concluding with a Song - creative writing & poetry celebrating commitment … 2/3

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · Jun 5

Join Us - @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & I + a mix of researchers fm the @climatecocentre.bsky.social, Centre SECA & the Seamus Heaney Centre for a day of conversations, discussion & poetry. 1/3

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌍 It's #WorldEnvironmentDay! Wondering if it's unusually hot where you are in the UK?

Check out this new website: istheukhotrightnow.com

Explore live UK temps hour-by-hour and see if it's cooler, average or hotter than ‘normal’ (1991–2020 avg).

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · Jun 1

…writing space. We have physical offices in Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social too. @ybuckley.bsky.social @edhawkins.org @climatecocentre.bsky.social @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social @peterthorne.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @aicbrn.bsky.social @daera-ni.gov.uk @ukri.org

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · Jun 1

Last week we got to visit our @climatecocentre.bsky.social office space at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. A collaboration hub to provide research & evidence underpinning transformational adaptation & mitigation actions. The space provides a mix of workshop & meeting spaces as well as research & 1/2

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · May 29

Sorry I missed you too Jamie, and thank you, that’s very kind!

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · May 29

🌾 What do changing rainfall patterns mean for the world’s nourishing grasslands and the food we rely on?

Read @ybuckley.bsky.social's piece in @irishtimes.com:

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

@tcddublin.bsky.social

What do changing rainfall patterns mean for the world’s nourishing grasslands?

Breakfast porridge, our daily bread and rice sustaining more than half of the world’s population are all bred from natural grasses

www.irishtimes.com

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · May 29

I thought you gave a very honest and heartfelt speech too - it was also brilliant!

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · May 29

@diarmuidtorney.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @darastanley.bsky.social @peterthorne.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · May 29

Today the @aicbrn.bsky.social hosted it’s ‘From Gaps to Greenways’ workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social with guest speakers including Jeanne Moore fm #NESC, Senator @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social, Deidre Lynn @npwsireland.bsky.social & Gerry Clabby fm #DECC lots of inspiring discussion @ybuckley.bsky.social

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All Island Climate & Biodiversity Research Network @aicbrn.bsky.social · May 19

Happy #BiodiversityWeek2025! Just one week left to register for our upcoming @aicbrn.bsky.social event exploring research for #biodiversity policy: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-gaps-...
We're looking forward to seeing you all there!
@climatecocentre.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · May 17

We’re at @dublinzoo.bsky.social today and tomorrow (10–4) for the Native Species Festival.

Come by, meet some of the team, and chat with us about #biodiversity and #research!

A sign among trees that says native species festival

A woman and a boy stand a wood table beside a teal banner while the boy colours in a page

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A woman, a boy, a girl and a man all stand at a stall that has a blue banner beside it. They speak to woman behind the stand

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Mark Emmerson @meecoprof.bsky.social · May 17

A personal thanks to everyone that dropped by to speak to us @climatecocentre.bsky.social this week at the Balmoral Show! Lots of inspiring conversations! And well done to the Co-Centre & QUB teams

@daera-ni.gov.uk @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @ukri.org

Michelle O’Neill First Minister of Northern Ireland visiting the Climate Co-Centre team

Gavin Robinson leader of the DUP visiting the Climate Co-Centre team

True Harvest seeds at the Climate Co-Centre stand

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · May 15

Great day at the Balmoral Show talking with people from across society about climate change, biodiversity loss & water quality decline.

We’re here all week—stop by for free biodiversity activities & local seed packets!

@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @daera-ni.gov.uk @ukri.org

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A woman and a man stand in front of a stall at an event that had 5 plates of food

The view behind a podium which has teal leaflets and brown notepads advertising the climate+ co-centre

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · May 14

Come down and chat to us this week at the Balmoral Show! We will be based at the @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social stand, our host institution in Northern Ireland.

Entrance to eikon venue in Northern Ireland

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · May 14

We’re at this year’s Balmoral Show in NI.

Come and talk all things #ClimateChange, #Biodiversity loss & #WaterQuality decline, and hear about our research, policy & innovations work.

📍 Find us by the @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social stand

@researchireland.ie @daera-ni.gov.uk @ukri.org

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · May 7

We were honoured to present this evening at a British Embassy (Dublin) hosted reception for the British-Irish Council.

A wonderful opportunity for @ybuckley.bsky.social, @meecoprof.bsky.social
and @edhawkins.org to share about our research priorities.

@ukri.org @researchireland.ie

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A large group of people stand and gather around to listen to four speakers

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