Irish funded Research and Collaboration
Beyond biofuel: Advanced seaweed cultivation for marine biodiscovery and climate change mitigation
The Beyond biofuel Project (2019-2024) will test new methods for the cultivation of seaweed in Ireland. This project aims to develop new biomedical products, will quantify the role of seaweed farming for mitigation of effects of climate change and model its future impact in the North Atlantic.
For more information contact Dr. Nessa O’Connor
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Quantifying the Impacts of Multiple Stressors on marine benthic resources (QIMS)
The QIMS project aims to understand how marine ecosystems will function under changing environmental conditions. This project has been awarded:
- Specialist Marine Research Equipment and Small Infrastructure Award, Marine Institute (2017-2019)
- Provost’s Scholarship, Trinity College Dublin (2018-2022)
- Cullen Scholarship (Vulnerability of life stages of marine calcifiers to changes in ocean chemistry), Marine Institute (2018-2022).
For more information contact Dr. Nessa O’Connor
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Food Smart Dublin
Food Smart Dublin is an IRC COALESCE funded project led by Prof. Poul Holm of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities with Co-PI Prof. Nessa O’Connor. This project will produce a conceptual framework to promote sustainable seafood consumption by building on Ireland's coastal cultural heritage while engaging with innovative chefs and educationalists. For more information see: www.tcd.ie/tceh/projects/foodsmartdublin/
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INCASE
The INCASE Project (2019-2023) will test Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) approaches to map the biotic and abiotic stocks and flows of ecosystem and geosystem services at river catchment scale. For more information contact Prof. Jane Stout. Info: www.incaseproject.com 
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SlowWater
The SloWater Project (2019-2023) aims to mitigate the destructive effects of episodic flooding using novel interventions for retaining water in the landscape for longer periods. For more information contact Mary Bourke:
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Exstream
The ExStream Project (2018-2022) seeks to understand the relationships among biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the key drivers of climate change in streams and rivers. For more information contact the PI Prof. Jay Piggott.
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Land2Sea
The Land2Sea Project (2019-2022) integrates modelling of the consequences of terrestrial activities and climate change for freshwater and coastal marine biodiversity and ecosystem services. For more information contact the PI Prof. Jay Piggott.
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The Thermal Scaling Project
The Thermal Scaling Project (2019-2023) uses comparative, experimental and field-based approaches to explore how temperature regulates macro-ecological patterns, especially for fishes. For more information contact Prof. Nicholas Payne.
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THRIVE (2018-2022)
THRIVE (2018-2022) - Plant population performance and adaptation in response to land use along environmental gradients.
What does it take for plant populations to thrive in a rapidly changing world? Humans are changing the environment, which presents both challenges and opportunities for plant population persistence. THRIVE will use data on growth, survival and reproduction of plant populations in the field under a wide range of environmental conditions to test the effects of land-use on life history strategy, plant traits, population performance and adaptation. For more information contact Prof. Yvonne Buckley, www.plantpopnet.com
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Volcano
Exploration and optimization of a novel negative carbon emission technology using enhanced plant-mediated chemical weathering’ (2018-2020) is a proof-of-concept project aiming to develop a protocol for enhanced plant-mediated carbon sequestration for future field-based trials. For more information contact Prof. Jennifer C. McElwain.
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Future Mangroves
Future Mangroves (2018-2020) is an interdisciplinary project that aims to assess the impact of climate change on mangrove forests in semi-arid regions and the consequences for coastal communities. For more information contact Dr John Devaney.
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Researchers in the school are interested in future national and international collaborations on both public and privately funded research, should you wish to discuss a potential collaboration please contact the School’s Research Officer at snsresearch@tcd.
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