Exciting news! Our film✨Blue Hope - Marine Renewables selected for ScienceFilmFestival✨📽️🌊Only 149 films chosen from 1,700 entered! Many thanks to Dr Nicholas Baker-Horne Louise Kregting Carol Sparling GKinetic Energy QueensMarineLab Queen’s University Civic Engagement SMRU (now posting at Bluesky) Film supported by Marine Institute🦭

Great to see awareness raised re: ecological collapse of #LoughNeagh! We must also acknowledge the impact on people's wellbeing. Some have lost their place of peace, play, sport, discovery. Their daily dog walking spot. 👉See article by @DrLouTaylor rb.gy/e1rji

You have until Sunday night to book for the BTO NI Annual Conference that's taking place on 4th November, we hope to see you there! Visit here: bto.org/event/1507?cha…

The first of more than 400 ferret traps have been activated on Rathlin Island in an effort to safeguard breeding seabirds: bit.ly/3Qbr4vj

Congratulations to one of our own alumni Dr Elinnnn #deepsearesearch

Non-native marine species identification workshop at Queen’s University Marine Laboratory in Portaferry today with Tutors John Bishop and Chris Wood from the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth. The course is part of the DAERA EF project ‘Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Some photos from today’s non native marine species workshop QueensMarineLab. John Bishop & Chris Wood from the MBA - Marine Biological Association are the tutors for this 3 day workshop which is part of the DAERA Environment Fund project ‘Biodiversity Data Portal - NI’, based in QML.

Had a brilliant two days at the marine invasive non-native species workshop at QueensMarineLab with tutors, John Bishop and Chris Wood from MBA - Marine Biological Association. A fantastic opportunity to improve my INNS ID skills and to gain a broader awareness of wider UK marine invasive species.

Day two of the non-native marine species identification workshop QueensMarineLab , with a focus on ascidians. Tutors John Bishop and Chris Wood from MBA - Marine Biological Association were excellent. This workshop is being run as part of the ‘Biodiversity Data Portal - NI’ project based at QML.

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Introducing some divers to the Marine Biodiversity Data Portal at British Sub-Aqua Club Marine Life Appreciation SDC today. Thanks to Duck Down Divers, Donaghadee Sailing Club and BSAC Ireland. QueensMarineLab

We are looking forward to having Dr Rachel Millar and Dr Dave Smyth coming to speak to us on Wednesday evening about their careers within restoration biology, particularly work on seagrass and native oysters! Meeting in PFC/02/025 at 6:30pm, everyone welcome! 🦪🌱

Lovely article by HS for the The Guardian all about nudibranchs from NI. It was a pleasure to go diving together in Strangford Lough and then look at some nudibranchs back at QueensMarineLab alongside @BernardPicton Christine Picton and Phil Wilkinson

If you take underwater photos or are thinking of doing so in the future come along to QueensMarineLab to hear about our new project - Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI facebook.com/events/s/marin…

A fantastic article from HS celebrating the wonderful nudibranch! Well done Libby Keatley !

QML researchers will help to inform this innovative new project to take UK seaweed farming to the next level! #teamseaweed thefishsite.com/articles/initi…

Cold but fun day out on the water checking our seaweed lines for SeaFEED ⁦DAERA⁩ and amphopid traps 🪤 ⁦QueensMarineLab⁩ ⁦QUB - Mech & Aero⁩ ⁦Royal Academy of Engineering⁩

Great work @ManusCunningham !

The recording of the recent AFBI webinar: "Lough Neagh, Past Present and Future" is available to watch again on YouTube here: bit.ly/49NiCu4 #LoughNeagh #AFBIresearch #AquaticEcosystems

It’s bluebell season! They're one of our favourite springtime wildflowers, but did you know that there are two different species of bluebell in the UK and Ireland? Here are our top tips for identifying them 👇 (1/3)