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Trinity researchers to develop new tools to predict future car types in Ireland

New forecasting tools to predict the next generation of private vehicle fleets in Ireland will be developed by a research project being undertaken by a team of economists and civil engineers.

29 Feb 2024

Science|Society|Sustainability

Trinity tree of the month - the Common Lime

In February we are featuring our Tilia, or Common Lime trees which can be found on the grass bank of the Parsons Building. They’re 23 and 25 metres tall, just over 2.5 metres in girth and together they store over 5,000 kg of carbon.

28 Feb 2024

Sustainability

Secret, undeclared pesticide ingredients may pose a risk to people, pollinators and the environment

Scientists are calling for greater transparency in the full ingredient list of pesticides, arguing that farmers and consumers deserve to know exactly what is in them.

21 Feb 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

New era dawns for the retrofitted Rubrics

The beautiful red-brick building, built between 1699 and 1705, will now be home to new staff while they ‘find their feet’ in Dublin, as well as provide short-term accommodation for visiting scholars, student accommodation and a new reading room

15 Feb 2024

Community|Sustainability

Trinity researchers secure EPA funding to support sustainability and societal transformation projects

Four researchers from Trinity – Dr Patrick Morrissey, Dr Paul Liston, Professor Margaret Jackson and Professor Pete Akers – have won funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pursue new research projects.

14 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Society|Sustainability

Westport food security project wins community climate action collaboration

A Westport climate action project that will cultivate mini-forests and edible landscapes to enhance food security has been announced as the national winner of a community climate justice project call out by Trinity College Dublin.

14 Feb 2024

Business|Community|Environment|Sustainability

“It might sound like science fiction fantasy, but AI urbanism is not far away”

An international group of researchers is warning against the creation of AI-led autonomous cities, outlining fears that diverse AIs may eventually perform social and managerial functions in an unsupervised manner without human input.

6 Feb 2024

Culture|Research|Society|Sustainability

New lab allows scientists to test impacts of climate change in precisely controlled infrastructure

Scientists in Ireland are now able to study the impacts of past, current and future climate change in precisely controlled climatic and atmospheric conditions.

6 Feb 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Mindset change needed to fight biodiversity loss

If our loved ones were at risk of collapse, we’d do anything to help them recover. We need to do the same for the planet, writes Prof. Jane Stout in The Irish Times

6 Feb 2024

Community|Sustainability

Trinity Tree of the month - the Giant Redwood

This month we are bringing you one of our old ‘native’ tree species, Sequoiadendron giganteum, referred to as Giant Redwood or Wellingtonia. These are some of the most massive trees in the world, with the tallest living specimen standing at 84m tall with girths of 35m. They can live almost 3,500 years, making some of them the oldest living organisms on earth.

31 Jan 2024

Sustainability