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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

Environment|Research|Science

Trinity Long Room Hub announces O’Mahony Music Research Fellowship

The new fellowship in music is dedicated to music and music-related research and will be awarded annually.

16 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

Plastic manufacturing technologies jeopardise food safety and the environment

AMBER Centre researchers based in Trinity have discovered that the way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material—stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment.

13 May 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability

The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Chris Morash, School of English, joins a panel of researchers to review the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize.

13 May 2025

Culture|Environment|Research|Sustainability

In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV was a choice few saw coming, and is a figure of humility, steadiness and introspective strength, writes Bronagh Ann McShane in an opinion article first published by The Irish Times.

12 May 2025

Research|Society