@meecoprof.bsky.social
Ecologist | Professor of Biodiversity | Co-Director of the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water | Belfast Based - Northern Ireland | Queen's University Belfast | Vice President BES | Wanna be artist | Scientist in Residence with Brink! |
Please share and send to anyone who might be interested in this PhD - a Quartiles at the @climatecocentre.bsky.social - Veg, Flax and Flux: Diversifying Farms for Carbon and Biodiversity Gains. Deadline tonight midnight 14/01/2025.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-e...
@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!
02.10.2025 08:57 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
#ClimateCoCentre Annual Symposium is underway
17.09.2025 10:30 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A diverse group of people stands together in front of a large white building
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).
02.07.2025 15:46 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
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...
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...
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
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
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
05.06.2025 16:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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
05.06.2025 16:51 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
🌍 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).
…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
01.06.2025 23:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
01.06.2025 23:30 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Sorry I missed you too Jamie, and thank you, that’s very kind!
29.05.2025 21:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌾 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
I thought you gave a very honest and heartfelt speech too - it was also brilliant!
29.05.2025 20:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@diarmuidtorney.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @darastanley.bsky.social @peterthorne.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social
29.05.2025 18:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
29.05.2025 18:53 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 3
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
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
People stand at outdoor stalls on a sunny day
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
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 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
2 men stand at an event in front of a teal banner
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
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
Entrance to eikon venue in Northern Ireland
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.
14.05.2025 08:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A woman and a man stand in front of a teal banner at an event
3 men converse sitting at a podium at a large event
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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A large group of people stand and gather around to listen to four speakers
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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Four people stand together in front of a large blue banner, smiling at the camera
Big thanks to our Deputy Director @edhawkins.org and the @uniofreading.bsky.social team for hosting us yesterday. It was a pleasure to meet everyone and hear about the exciting Climate+ research in progress!
@ukri.org @researchireland.ie @daera-ni.gov.uk
A woman gives a presentation on climate simulations and power outages to a small group in a conference room
A group of people stands in a lab looking at the equipment
Several individuals gathered on a path looking at a living biodiversity lab
Living biodiversity lab outdoors
Many thanks to Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social
and her team @newcastleuni.bsky.social for hosting us! Great to share our first-year wins and hear all about their incredible Climate+ research.
Fantastic evening with Secretary of State for DEFRA Steve Reed & @daera-ni.gov.uk Minister @andrewmuirni.bsky.social showcasing the work programmes underway in the @climatecocentre.bsky.social - thanks to British-Irish Council & British Embassy Dublin for organising!
08.05.2025 10:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
7 people stand in a field smiling at the camera
People gather around sensor equipment in a field
People gather around water temperature control equipment in a greenhouse lab
Today members of our leadership & operations team met with Climate+ researchers and staff at @ukceh.bsky.social
@ybuckley.bsky.social and @meecoprof.bsky.social
gave updates from our 1st year, and we heard about the fantastic research underway.
Thanks for the warm welcome & the tour UKCEH!