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…

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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…

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Final Year Thesis Spotlight: Do Cycads display CAM photosynthesis?

Plants are famous for their ability to photosynthesize. They produce sugars that are essential for life, using CO2 coupled with light energy from the sun. We know that photosynthesis occurs during…

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Can we reverse climate change? By-product use for a sustainable future

An exciting collaboration is taking place between Trinity College Dublin’s TERRAFORM group and a research team at University College Dublin working on the “Crushed returned concrete as a soil…

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Cycads Bring us Together

An exciting collaboration is underway between the Variable Light and Atmosphere (VAL) lab, Trinity College Botanic Gardens and the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland. The VAL lab has borrowed a…

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Siobhán McDonald captures landscapes at tipping points – The Boglands Are Breathing exhibition

Siobhán's latest exhibition - 'The Boglands Are Breathing' blends scientific and creative processes to make sculptures, videos, works on paper, paintings and sound pieces. The exhibition gathered…

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