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Dorota Kolbuk

@dotklobuk.bsky.social
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Environmental scientist | Marine ecology, paleobiology, echinoderms🌊🔬

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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Three years ago our project @marbefes.bsky.social asked Ireland- and UK-based stakeholders: what are the biggest threats to biodiversity in the Irish Sea? We mapped the possible pathways from those concerns to ecological, economic and sociocultural outcomes: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
Forefront: mudflats in the Dublin Bay area, with small pools of water between mounds. In the background, the chimneys of Poolbeg and Ringsend. Cloudy day, everything is grey-ish tinted.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In line with previous comments: I don’t doubt the effort put in developing and maintaining these apps, but what I’m missing from the interview is a comment on the advantage of this particular app over what already exists (iNaturalist, PictureThis). Higher accuracy, better validation procedures?
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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough 🎉 Your storytelling has brought the wonders of the natural world into our homes and taught generations to look closer, care deeper and marvel at the living world around us.  Thank you for the curiosity, the wisdom and the wonder. 🌍
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For #MolluscMonday (belated, I know, I know), let’s put this wonderful group in the spotlight: Ammonoidea. 📕Great book and very enjoyable experience of reviewing with H-Net!
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
📣Coming up! 🎟️Ocean with David Attenborough (screening + panel session) 📅17th April, 1:30 pm, The New Theatre in Dublin🇮🇪 www.eventbrite.ie/e/ocean-with... @marbefes.bsky.social
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'Ocean with David Attenborough' Screening and Panel Discussion
Join us to view the spectacular 'Ocean with David Attenborough' followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion.
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Join us online Monday, 16 March 2026 for Josephine Taylor discussing her book The Nonhuman Narratives of Energy: Multispecies Encounters in Extraction Zones (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Starts at 16:00 Central European / 15:00 GMT. Note! 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Josephine Taylor, The Nonhuman Narratives of Energy. Cover of book with sea bird and oil slick on right.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Seed funding in academia opens up the door for many wonderful initiatives that otherwise wouldn’t happen: workshops, interdisciplinary seminars, podcasts, etc. For us it was an opportunity to create a networking space for postdocs, often overlooked as non-permanent staff [2/2]
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Last week Audrey Plan (UCD Research Culture) and myself on behalf of the #PostdocsSpotlight project had a chance to discuss our experience with running the project during the UCD-University of Strathclyde Joint Seed Funding Workshop & Everyday Cultures Collaboration Conference in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 [1/2]
In an auditorium: in the centre there is a screen with a powerpoint presentation which reads "Strategic Benefits of Internal Flexible Funding”. Three visible panelists, two women and one man (the latter holding a microphone) are sitting under the screen. A group of people in the auditorium is looking at themAbout 25 people, all smiling for a group photo, behind them there is a slide which reads "UCD-Strathclyde Joint Workshop"
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Marine areas, unlike coastal or inland locations, are often seen as uninhabited resource sites and rarely looked at as spaces of lived experience or cultural meaning” - but that means we miss on a wealth of services (and disservices) the open sea brings to people. 🌊 shorturl.at/Wj0gQ
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Offshore cultural ecosystem services
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We propose a new method for marine ecosystem physical accounts: doi.org/10.1016/j.in... Happy to have contributed to this with the Irish Sea case study📝
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BEC Consultants @bececology.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
'Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland' - @news.rte.ie #NatureConservation #HabitatsDirective www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland
Saltmarshes are in decline all over the world, including in Ireland, which is seeing the size of its wetlands decreasing as well as a significant decline in the quality of the ecosystems.
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Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
102. Environmental + Climate Justice Syllabus Assembling readings, articles, case studies & biographies from key writers, scholars & activists working for environmental freedom. Generating a searchable and citable list of Black, Indigenous & Latinx individuals, orgs & movements #TabClosed2026
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The Syllabus — Just Environments Lab
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions against what @antaisce.bsky.social is describing as one of the greatest threats to our environment ever. Please don't wait til it's too late, get it in today.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📑This project was funded by the UCD Research Culture Local Actions, Inititatives and Measures (ReCLAIM) - phase 2 (Wellcome Trust).
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🍀 We thank everyone involved in making this event happen: our speakers, moderator, UCD and QUB attendees, and to Lisa Douglas and the QUB Postdoctoral Development Centre, UCD Research Culture, Colleen Thomas and Grace Mulcahy.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
UCD Postdocs Spotlight concluded last month with a seminar entitled "Scales of Research”. We took the event and our UCD delegates outside of the Belfield campus all the way to Belfast - a great opportunity to meet the QUB community 🎓 @ucddublin.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
A group of people - postdoctoral researchers from UCD and QUB - sit around tables in a decorative room and listen to a presentation by a researcher.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Protoreaster nodosus (aka chocolate chip sea star🍪) has an unusual "diamond-type” stereom. How is it formed? ➡️📃Humański et al., 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #echinoderms #biominerals
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Morphogenesis of the diamond-type stereom microlattice and the origin of saddle-shaped minimal surfaces in the echinoderm skeleton
Echinoderm endoskeleton has a unique trabecular microstructure, called stereom, which can exhibit highly ordered geometries. A striking example of the…
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Lewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A tool worth looking at: non-profit @opensyllabus.bsky.social maps "college curriculum across 27.6 million syllabi”. You can find your discipline & check most commonly assigned books galaxy.opensyllabus.org PS. Wouldn’t know that without @greatbooksprof.bsky.social YT channel. Thank you!
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Open Syllabus: Galaxy
The citation graph of the ~1M most-assigned books and articles (node2vec -> UMAP).
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Sponges for the win! Fantastic work led by Magda Łukowiak from @ipaleopan.bsky.social & her colleagues.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
And big thank you to the panelists of the Postdocs Spotlight seminar on Research Communication, which inspired this piece: @shaunacorr.bsky.social, @cjnicoson.bsky.social, Saule Akhmetkaliyeva, Ravikant Singh, Jim Carroll from @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Thank you UofG-RCandRD-Team for giving us a platform to publish this piece, and everyone who attended #PostdocsSpotlight seminars (funded by ReCLAIM/Wellcome Trust) at @ucddublin.bsky.social
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
⏳"Time is scarce for all in academia; for postdocs, time is oxygen”. 📣In the latest piece published on #TheAuditorium (blog by @glasgow.ac.uk Research Culture & Researcher Development Team) we discuss the challenges of research communication as postdocs: shorturl.at/6vyJc #postdocs #researchstaff
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Postdoctoral researchers: bridled research communicators
By Dr Audrey M Plan, Research Engagement Specialist, Dr Sara M Esteves, IRC Postdoctoral Fellow and Dr Dorota Kolbuk, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin. Since March 2025, th…
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Plenty of wonderful art around and focusing on Morecambe Bay - from sculptures and stories to festivals and community initiatives. To explore this phenomenon, my colleague Ashley Cahillane developed a story map with the support of @morecambebay.bsky.social - check the link below:
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Coastwatch @coastwatch-ire.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Thank you to all who participated in our Coastwatch Autumn Survey Results Launch 2025 and Marine Litter Prevention Workshop at the European Commission Representation Office in Ireland! @fairseas.ie @deptcee.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"Today’s vote by the European Nitrates Committee to approve an extension of Ireland’s nitrates derogation for another three years is a bad day for Irish waterbodies and for everyone who relies on clean quality water in Ireland" www.antaisce.org/news/eu-nitr...
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EU Nitrate Derogation decision a bad day for Irish waterways
Today’s vote by the European Nitrates Committee to approve an extension of Ireland’s nitrates derogation for another three years is a bad day for Irish waterbodies and for everyone who relies on clean...
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
💬UCD MESSAGE event coming up 3rd December, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in Dublin. Grab your free tickets: shorturl.at/FeHMy @ucdearth.bsky.social
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Underwater Worlds: Art, Science and the Submerged
Talk and screening by artist Sonia Levy followed by interdisciplinary panel discussion on visualising submerged ecosystems and narratives
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UCD Research Staff Association - SIPTU @ucd-rsa.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📢 Join us! The #UCD Research Staff Association (RSA) – SIPTU, a #postdoc led committee dedicated to supporting research staff, is hosting its Annual General Meeting 🗓️ Tues 25 Nov | 🕔 17:15 📍 Meeting Room 5, UCD Village All postdocs, research assistants & research fellows are welcome! 📩 rsa@ucd.ie
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🎓The session will have a moderator from the QUB community. 📝This project was funded by the UCD ReCLAIM phase 2 (Wellcome Trust).
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Three UCD postdocs will be presenting their work: ✅ Eva de la Peña: 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 ✅ Paul Geyer: 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵: 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 ✅ Edith Kubik: 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
UCD Postdocs, that’s a wrap on this year’s edition of #PostdocsSpotlight! And a big announcement: for the grand finale, we'll go to... Belfast! @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 🙋🏽‍♂️Wanna join? Sign up here: shorturl.at/1WY06 (we'll cover cost of train tickets). @ucddublin.bsky.social
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Lovely! And it’s connected to MoLI gardens, which are another hidden gem❤️
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New date, but same me🗣️ Sign up below⬇️
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MARBEFES @marbefes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued? 🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🌆An exciting seminar on sustainable urban planning coming up October 24th- registration open to all UCD staff now: 🙋🏼‍♀️ forms.gle/5QKLAaXK1A1Z... @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Great to see this new citizen science data rescue project by Met Eireann up and running: www.zooniverse.org/projects/met... especially proud of our ICARUS graduates Rhonda and Ciara for taking this on. Local followers do go along and digitise a few values please.
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Irish Weather Rescue | Zooniverse - People-powered research
Calling all weather and climate enthusiasts! Help us recreate the past climate of Ireland.
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MARBEFES @marbefes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly! 🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project. Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Join postdoc Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts. Topics incl. how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits these activities bring to environmental monitoring & community engagement. Register at forms.gle/CpNWS3SEFtzi...
A coastal scene showing beachcombers looking down on tidal pools with boats and a town in the background.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Note: Saturday event cancelled due to (still) bad weather⚠️ Sunday still on - we'll be updating you if anything changes🌥️ @coastwatch-ire.bsky.social
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Coastwatch @coastwatch-ire.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We are halfway through the survey season and there is still a lot of work to do! Join us this weekend at Dollymount Strand & Sandymount Beach! We hope to see you there, taking a moment to connect with nature & contribute to data around biodiversity, litter & water quality!
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This initiative was funded by UCD Research Culture Local Actions, Initiatives and Measures (ReCLAIM) - phase 2 (Wellcome Trust).
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
All disciplines welcome! @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social @ucdchemistry.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdfoodhealth.bsky.social
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Are you a #postdoc at UCD? Would you like to share your work and meet other researchers? Good news - Postdocs Spotlight seminar is back to @ucddublin.bsky.social 📌October 24th, 12:30 pm, UCD Club 🙋🏼‍♀️Apply to be a presenter or moderator before Oct 6th: shorturl.at/42qie
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Managing risks, but in marine ecosystems - example from three European case studies: Irish Sea🇮🇪, Curonian Lagoon🇱🇹, Gulf of Oristano🇮🇹 and detailed methodology of the #BowTie approach.
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This initiative was funded by UCD Research Culture Local Actions, Initiatives and Measures (ReCLAIM) - phase 2 (Wellcome Trust).
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If you want to connect more with the Ireland-based postdocs community, check out Postdocs Highlights 👉 lnkd.in/eapMpvw5 #postdocs
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We thank our panellists: Saule Akhmetkaliyeva, Ravikant Singh, @cjnicoson.bsky.social, @shaunacorr.bsky.social from @ucdearth.bsky.social, and our moderator, Jim Carroll from @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. And of course, thank you to the audience who made the Q&A so engaging and thought-provoking!
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We’ve had a great time with a special Postdocs Spotlight seminar earlier this week in Dublin’s MoLI. 🔔How to clearly communicate research? How to avoid sensationalizing science? How to make people care? - as discussed by our panel of scientists and journalists. #scicomm @ucddublin.bsky.social
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🌊🧑‍🎓 "There is a real pressure on us to raise our game." Ireland has committed to protecting 30% of its waters by 2030 under the UN biodiversity framework, aimed at halting species decline and restoring marine ecosystems. @ucdsustainability.bsky.social #SDGweek
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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Dubliners, a few spots for today’s research communication event are still available, sign up with the link below🙋🏼‍♀️ @ucddublin.bsky.social
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