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Nessa O'Connor

@nessocon.bsky.social
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#Marine Biology, #Ecology, Trinity College Dublin

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Back out west with another Trinity marine biology field course (and a matchmaking festival!). Next generation of zoologists are embracing the shore!
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New Paper: Increased CO2 does not help kelp under warming! @researchireland.ie @biorbic.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Ocean Acidification Cannot Mitigate Warming‐Induced Physiological Stress in a Key Foundation Kelp
Ocean warming and acidification are reshaping coastal ecosystems, but their combined effects on foundation species remain unresolved. Using mesocosm experiments, we tested for the individual and comb...
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Are you passionate about code integrity and accessibility? Do you have skills in R, Python or Julia? Why not apply to be one of our new Code Integrity and Accessibility AEs? Open to any career stage. Details here: apply.workable.com/britishecolo... (sadly not paid, but comes with nice perks)
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Associate Editor (Code Integrity and Accessibility) - British Ecological Society
Volunteer role: Associate Editor (Code Integrity and Accessibility) Organisation: British Ecological Society – Methods in Ecology and Evolution Term: 3 years Closing date: 25th Sept 17.00 BST Location...
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We are recruiting 4 Postdoctoral Fellows! 🌊🌊🌊 Applications are open now! Deadline is 10th October 2026. More details and updates here: climate-hub.ie/msdm/ #postdoc #marine #MarieSkłodowska-Curie #MarineLife!
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Marine Species Distribution Modelling – AIB Trinity Climate Hub
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The constant visuals of happy people enjoying the beach in the sun is really starting to p*** me off!
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Julie Taylor @snarkymimi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I am a single dad to an adopted son with additional needs. Life is not always easy and there are difficult days. This full-colour book shares simple recipes and survival strategies that help us enjoy upbeat ‘blue sky’ moments. Perfect for #FathersDay! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038/ #FoodSky
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thegladerunner.bsky.social @thegladerunner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Are you someone with experience in marine conservation, partnership development, and cold-water diving who is motivated to shape the future of ocean recovery in California? @nature.org‘s California Oceans Program is hiring a Kelp Program Director. 🌊🦑 nature.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Kelp Project Director, California
Application Instructions: Please note that the application period ends at 12:00 am EDT on the due date listed. For applicants in Pacific Daylight Time, please plan to submit your application by 8:59pm...
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Fantastic fully-funded #PhD opportunity available now with me, Aoife Delaney at @npwsireland.bsky.social, and Iris Moeller, Thomas Connor & Jamie Waterman @tcddublin.bsky.social - on Irish #saltmarsh communities and #Spartina Please share! 🌱 🌊 😊 Deadline 20th May 2026 #MarineLife 🦑 #Ecology #coasts
page 1 of PhD scholarships detailsPage 2 of PhD scholarship details
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
great summary of our newest paper - led by Abby Gilson #seaweed #MarineLife 🦑 #AlgalAwesomeness! #oceanfarmers
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
BRICONS (Building Resilient Irish Coasts through Oyster Restoration) - are looking for a new postdoctoral researcher - deadline 19th February - details 👇 🦪🌊 @drjosemfarinas.bsky.social @annikaclements.bsky.social briconsproject.com/2026/02/06/n...
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Now Open: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Role within the BRICONS Project
🌊🔬 The BRICONS Project – Building Resilient Irish Coasts through Oyster Restoration is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PD1 level) to join an exciting, interdisciplinary res…
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Shipworms aren’t worms. They’re bivalves that eat wood with the help of symbiotic bacteria turning wooden shipwrecks into functioning ecosystems. #MolluscMonday Fantastic image from seahistory.org/sea-history-...
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 20/01/2026
go.bsky.app/4naJbid Here's a list of Dublin City Council accounts on Blue Sky
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
SEAGROW is GO!
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The world is your…. 🦪 fantastic work from @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social and Belfast Harbour!
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Good morning here is your emergency sloth
It’s a grey thing, with creamy patches around its eyes and large mascara-like smears running from the eyes outwards. Long arms clinging to a narrow tree branch. General Chewbacca vibe.
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It’s Trinity Open Day and one of the most common questions I get asked is ‘what kind of jobs do zoologists do?’ - so we asked our alumni… youtu.be/lJr4AsZ_rLc?...
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Zoology Alumni
YouTube video by Trinity College Dublin
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest. #Aras25 #Speirgorm
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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This little bivalve larva is taking a stroll with its foot… #marineplankton 🦑
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We also launched the BRICONS project this week! There's a lot of work to do restoring habitats in the face of global change! www.marine.ie/site-area/ne...
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Marine Institute approves €1.5m award for major all-island nature restoration project | Marine Institute
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
SEAGROW has begun! We cannot wait to get started quantifying all the benefits of regenerative ocean farming! @tcddublin.bsky.social
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Delighted to see the Living Seawalls in Ireland! www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @louisefirth.bsky.social
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Cork scientists hope new 'Living Sea Wall' in Cobh will soon teem with many species of marine life
UCC marine ecologist said wall would provide ideal homes 'for barnacles, limpets and a lot of different types of seaweed and algae'
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This is definitely true… 😔
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This went completely under my radar. A rewilded Glen of the Downs Golf Course that creates an unexpected corridor between the GOTDs, Kindlestown Wood and the Little Sugar Loaf 🤯 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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The couple who bought a Wicklow golf course and turned it into a native woodland
The former Glen of the Downs Golf Course greens are now covered in 80,000 native trees, planted by Anke and John Moran
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Ugh so frustrating! Just hurry up and build it! 🚆
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The Irish media bear significant responsibility for Ireland's lack of progress. The example below illustrates this clearly. Their deference to climate-denying billionaires like Michael O'Leary is so deeply ingrained that it's often overlooked — but it continues to undermine real progress.
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
She’d definitely get my vote! #Aras25 #spéirghorm
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides" this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.
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Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides
Thistle-shaped Depastrum cyathiforme was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
the brilliant @marianacerca.bsky.social is highlighted this week by EU4Algae! Read about her groundbreaking work linking seaweed science and society! maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/eu4algae-int...
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EU4Algae Interview Spotlight – Bridging Seaweed Science and Society: A Deep Dive with Mariana Cerca, Researcher & EU Projects Specialist
In this edition, we explore the work of Mariana Cerca, Researcher, Manager & EU Projects Specialist, as she connects scientific research with community engagement to advance regenerative ocean farming...
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This review clearly shows that macroalgal decomposition rates vary significantly between experimental approaches and are severely underestimated when a refractory pool is not considered, impacting scaled-up estimates of macroalgal carbon export to the deep ocean 🌊🌱
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Silence is complicity
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs. County Clare, Ireland.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!
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American climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier
A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Mother**** wind farms!!! 😀🌊🌱 group.vattenfall.com/windfarmed
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Windfarmed
We’re doing more than producing fossil free electricity at some of our offshore wind farms. We’re growing seaweed there, too.  We call it Wind Farming.
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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Job Search
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
It absolutely makes sense that men are using AI more and seeing more job benefits, because confidently spouting nonsense in the shape of information (what LLMs are programmed to do) has always been much more of a pathway for career advancement for men than for others.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
oystercatcher "What, I meant to do that"
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The remains of a Weather balloon- with its transmitter still attached. Been seeing a few of these washing in over the summer months 🤔 County Clare, Ireland.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I was on Newstalk earlier trying to explain why Ireland has been so hopeless in protecting our marine environment. Listen back 📻 ⤵️ www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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Why Ireland is failing with marine preservation | Newstalk
There are calls for the government to follow through on the promises made to ensure marine preser...
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: 8th Aug 2025 🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
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Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...
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UNICEF @unicef.org · 13/07/2025
Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site. UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Merci to Amelia Curd, Stan Dubois, Martin Marzloff, Gautier Schaal & team for an AMAZING #ITRS in Brest, France. 🇫🇷 You deserved that standing ovation 👏 #Science #HumanPyramid #Connemara #Limpet #Kelp @aec13.bsky.social
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The wonderful #Cultural exchange 🌎 - bag pipe walk to the gala dinner at the #Oceanopolis for the #ITRS 🇫🇷. Which ended in the traditional #HumanPyramid ⚠️😂🙌 @cariocamayer.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @trinebekkby.bsky.social
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
See you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social
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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family ☺️❤️🌊🐟🦀🐚 @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social
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