Are plants Ecosystem Engineers?
In the frosty early days of January, Dr. Will Matthaeus went to Prague to deliver a talk in the Ecosystem Engineering Symposium organized by Kate Lyons and Amelia Villaseñor at the 11th Biennial…
Members of the Terraform team take part in the first Irish Paleo Forum (IPF) in Cork
On January 18th, our lab joined fellow Irish paleontologists for the first Irish Paleo Forum (IPF) meeting at University College Cork. The organisation of the IPF was proposed by Prof. Maria…
How to bring extinct plants ‘Back to Life’ – publication by Will Matthaeus and Jenny McElwain
An obvious question to many might be “why study plant fossils?” Of course, some people just think they are amazing on their own. But there are ways that plant fossils can help us understand how…
Workshop held at the Botany Lecture Theatre on Overcoming Barriers to Fen Restoration
On October 25th, a workshop on “Overcoming Barriers to Fen Restoration” took place at Trinity College Dublin’s Botany Department. The event was organised by Sate Ahmad and Adam Bates, as part of the…
Dr Richard Nair awarded SFI-Royal Society University research fellowship
Root Dynamics for Ecosystem Observation is a SFI-Royal Society University research fellowship awarded to Dr Richard Nair. RODEO is an 8-year project where Richard and the interdisciplinary RODEO team…
Adam Bates attends the Power to the Peatlands conference, Antwerp, Belgium
On 19-21 September, lab member Adam, Research Assistant to the Dive2Store project, attended the Power to the Peatlands conference, held at University of Antwerp, Belgium. Presenting a poster on…