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Three new Trinity projects to address climate challenges

Dr John Kennedy, Prof. Wolfgang Schmitt, and Matthew Chersich have secured Environmental Protection Agency funding to support related research.

19 Jun 2025

Heatwaves greatly influence parasite burden; likely spread of disease

New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin strongly implies that heatwaves have a major influence on the spread of many diseases – and that many existing predictive models have overlooked this complexity.

4 Jun 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability

Geography PhD candidate wins 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award

Kevin O’Leary, a second-year PhD candidate in Geography in the School of Natural Sciences, is the co-winner of the 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award – a science media competition that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill (1959–2015).

23 May 2025

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Professors Jennifer McElwain and Jonathan Coleman elected Fellows of the Royal Society

Prof. McElwain’s research on fossil plants has shaped our understanding of how the atmosphere has changed over millions of years, while Prof. Coleman developed a transformative technique for producing 2D nanomaterials like graphene from layered solids such as graphite.

20 May 2025

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Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago

New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two. Differences in sediment composition imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time in Earth's history.

16 May 2025

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