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New paper just out! A biologging approach to understand the moult strategies of Atlantic puffins. We talk about what works, what doesn't, why this topic is so tricky! Thanks to Mark Jessopp + team at Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC & MaREI, plus all coauthors elsewhere 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9…

1 week, 5 flights, 2570 km on transect + 2240 observations of seabirds, marine mammals and other marine megafauna. Great effort from the #ObSERVE team to take advantage of a nice winter week. SEAI MaREI Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC Emma Murphy Jamie Darby

🥇 Winner of the Research Poster Room Award (with Wind Energy Ireland & Ocean Winds) is…. Danielle Orrell UCC Ireland. Her research into offshore ecology & natural environment impressed judges 👏 👏

Come on down to Cork for the 8th Irish Ornithological Research conference in March! Registration is open :D ucc.ie/en/corc2023/

Public consultation on State Supports for PhD Researchers is now open and will close on March 13th 2023 at 10am! More information here 👉 gov.ie/en/consultatio… Make your submission here 👉 dessurveys.education.gov.ie/surveys/nation… UCC Students' Union UCCSU Postgraduate Representative USI VP Postgraduate Affairs PWO UCC

The winter surveys of the #ObSERVE come to an end. Great effort by the team and valuable data on cetaceans, seabirds and other marine megafauna collected. SEAI MaREI Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC Emma Murphy Tiffany Goh Jamie Darby Mark Jessopp Emer Rogan

Had a very insightful and enjoyable time attending the consultation workshop for Ireland's OREDP II. Some excellent topics discussed and interesting feedback provided. Certainly an exciting time for renewable energy in Ireland!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay !!Enjoyed celebrating as part of an amazing and proud group of #WomenInScience

PhDs from across Ireland will be marching to the Dáil this Thursday to demand that Department of Further and Higher Education complete the review of PhDs on time and put an implementation and budget plan in place ASAP. #PGRsDeserveBetter 1/3

Today I’m presenting some preliminary results from my 1st PhD fieldwork, a pilot study to try HydroMoths (cheap and tiny #hydrophones ) for cetacean acoustic monitoring. I’ve got one with me as well! European Cetacean Society #ECS2023 Poster no 59 🐬 Mark Jessopp Ailbhe Kavanagh Emer Rogan

Excited to announce that our paper (and my first first author paper) is out now! We found that leatherback sea turtles will dive faster to forage longer 🐢 Major thanks to my co authors and top notch supervisors Tom Doyle @Ash_w_b and Mike James dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4…

🚨New paper out in Current Biology, increasing nocturnal fulmar/vessel interactions around the North Atlantic over 16 years. With Mark Jessopp, Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC, and a great team! Read all about what vessel attendance means for fulmars & their behaviour/habitat: 👉doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

A determined bunch here in Cork braving the elements to help in the fight for better PhD pay and conditions in Ireland #PGRsDeserveBetter #ResearchIsWork PWO Ireland PWO UCC

Check out the research I do as part of the Marine Ecology Group here in UCC and how it can contribute to conserving our Irish seabird populations! Thank you to RTÉ Brainstorm for featuring my piece on the complexity surrounding biodiversity and growing ORE production

See the flyer for information on how to get your (free) ticket to hear me blabber on about my PhD! #pint24 Pint of Science IE 📍Kino events house 🕖7 pm Wednesday the 15th of May

The winners of Research Image of the Year 2023 are Dr Richard Unitt and Emma Murphy. Their image, ‘Deadly Rainbow: The Tragic Beauty of Oil-Coated Plumage’, was taken during a study of how crude oil affects the permeability of Manx shearwater feathers. #UCCResearchAwards

A great turn-out for the 16th International #Seabird Group Conference! 🥳#CoimbraSeabirds We’re only halfway through, and already had lots of fantastic seabird talks! Huge thanks to the ECOTOP team at Universidade de Coimbra for putting on such an excellent event 🤩

The end of a fantastic week of amazing seabird science and meeting the brilliant researchers behind it all. Huge thanks to ECOTOP and The Seabird Group for organizing and having me present results from my first PhD chapter. Paper coming soon!! #CoimbraSeabirds