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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 8d

Wowsers! And ‘wandering meatloaf’ is probably the best common name ever!

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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 18d

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...

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

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ugh so frustrating! Just hurry up and build it! 🚆

Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · Sep 2

🤯 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.

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

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · Sep 2

🤯 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.

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

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Aug 28

She’d definitely get my vote! #Aras25 #spéirghorm

Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · Aug 22

How come nobody's suggested the smartest person in the whole country for #Aras25 @aoibhinnos.bsky.social

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 26

"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.

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

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Aug 12

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 🌊🌱

Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Aug 11

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

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Aug 10

Silence is complicity

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Aug 10

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.”

Anas Al-Sharif post shortly before his death under Israeli fire:

“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.”

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · Aug 6

Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs.
County Clare, Ireland.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Jul 30

Mother**** wind farms!!! 😀🌊🌱
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

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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · Jul 28

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

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · Jul 27

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.

Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · Jul 26

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

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Jul 27

oystercatcher
"What, I meant to do that"

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · Jul 28

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.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Jul 14

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...

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

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Jul 13

🚨 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...

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

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UNICEF @unicef.org · Jul 13

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.

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Jul 12

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Euronews @euronews.com · Jul 12

The hospitality industry generates a quarter of all food waste. This Irish hotel proves it doesn’t have to.

How one Irish hotel is rewriting the rules on food waste

The hospitality industry generates a quarter of all food waste. This Irish hotel proves it doesn’t have to.

l.euronews.com

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · Jul 12

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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · Jul 12

Parts of the Mediterranean Sea reached 30C this week, much earlier than usual, raising fears for marine life.

For some areas, this is 6 or 7C warmer than usual at this time of year.

Our story with more maps by @markpoynting.bsky.social and me here:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Map of sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea showing parts of it reached 30C such as off the coast of Calabria, and the islands of Majorca and Sicily. Below the map is a chart showing daily maximum temperature at a buoy next to Majorca where it reached 30C for the first time this early in the season.

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 6

Merci to Amelia Curd, Stan Dubois, Martin Marzloff, Gautier Schaal & team for an AMAZING #ITRS in Brest, France. 🇫🇷 You deserved that standing ovation 👏 #Science #HumanPyramid #Connemara #Limpet #Kelp @aec13.bsky.social

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 6

The wonderful #Cultural exchange 🌎 - bag pipe walk to the gala dinner at the #Oceanopolis for the #ITRS 🇫🇷. Which ended in the traditional #HumanPyramid ⚠️😂🙌 @cariocamayer.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @trinebekkby.bsky.social

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 6

See you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social

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