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Professor Karen Wiltshire wins 2025 A.G. Huntsman Medal
Prof. Wiltshire, a marine ecologist and climate scientist from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, was honoured for her innovative and interdisciplinary research in climate science, and for her significant contribution to international organisations, which has built capacity and brought new voices into the marine sciences.
16 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Irish buff-tailed bumblebees are genetically distinct from their British counterparts
The news that our native bees are cut from a different cloth has important implications for conservation practices and may also inform the way imported commercial populations are managed.
15 Oct 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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The EU’s 10% natural habitat target is insufficient for pollinator recovery
Bees, butterflies and other insects have too little natural habitat around them to survive, according to a new study published in leading international journal Science.
26 Sep 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity becomes 3rd university awarded NTA's gold-level Smarter Travel Mark
After its investment in campus infrastructure, promoting behaviour change initiatives and advocating for better walking, cycling and public transport provision, Trinity is proud to be recognised as a leader in smart, sustainable travel.
24 Sep 2025
Community|Environment|Sustainability
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Trinity team to improve electric vehicle batteries after winning National Challenge Fund prize
A team from Trinity’s School of Engineering has won a prize in the National Challenge Fund competition, which was established under the Government of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).
17 Sep 2025
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Managing ‘ditch-scapes’ can strengthen communities and the environment
A global study reframes ditches as multifunctional waterways with the potential to improve community resilience, water quality, biodiversity and environmental outcomes.
15 Sep 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolism
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics – even smaller than microplastics – disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding a suite of neurodegenerative diseases.
15 Sep 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Real-time Liffey data drives community engagement and environmental planning
The River Liffey Water Sensors Pilot, developed by UTS Technologies in collaboration with Smart Docklands, has demonstrated how real-time environmental data can empower local communities, support sustainability, and improve decision-making for everyone who interacts with the river.
10 Sep 2025
Community|Environment|Research|Sustainability
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Voluntary nature market with nature ‘credits’ could unlock private finance for Irish ecosystems
A Voluntary Nature Market – featuring nature ‘credits’– has the potential to close the multi-billion-euro nature funding gap in Ireland, according to a new report published today by Trinity College Dublin and BiOrbic Research Ireland Centre for Bioeconomy.
5 Sep 2025
Business|Research|Society|Sustainability
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Why Ireland’s mild temperatures won’t protect it from the climate crisis
Prof. Graham Dwyer from the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and Prof. Karen Wilshire, Professor of Climate Sciences at Trinity, write about a topical issue for The Conversation.
22 Aug 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability