How healthy Kerry sand dunes are worth €9 million a year Despite the value of the Irish coastal ecosystem, there is no coherent national investment policy for communities along the Wild Atlantic Way Marine • 08 Aug 24
How healthy Kerry sand dunes are worth €9 million a year Despite the value of the Irish coastal ecosystem, there is no coherent national investment policy for communities along the Wild Atlantic Way Marine • 08 Aug 24
The awesome deep sea corals off Ireland's coasts Most of us don't know that Ireland's most spectacular marine environments are located as little as 70 kilometres offshore Marine • 08 Jun 24
The awesome deep sea corals off Ireland's coasts Most of us don't know that Ireland's most spectacular marine environments are located as little as 70 kilometres offshore Marine • 08 Jun 24
Are we really about to start talking to whales and dolphins? We should be wary of ranking species relative to humans, as if all evolution is a path to something like us Nature • 17 May 24
Are we really about to start talking to whales and dolphins? We should be wary of ranking species relative to humans, as if all evolution is a path to something like us Nature • 17 May 24
How seaweed can be used as a medicine to fight infection Scientists are discovering the incredible health properties of Irish seaweeds to make medicines to combat dangerous superbugs Health • 11 May 23
How seaweed can be used as a medicine to fight infection Scientists are discovering the incredible health properties of Irish seaweeds to make medicines to combat dangerous superbugs Health • 11 May 23
Why sea levels are rising higher than expected in Dublin and Cork Aside from climate change, local exacerbating factors are behind rising sea levels in Irish coastal cities Ireland • 23 Sep 22
Why sea levels are rising higher than expected in Dublin and Cork Aside from climate change, local exacerbating factors are behind rising sea levels in Irish coastal cities Ireland • 23 Sep 22
How satellites alert us to harmful algal blooms in our oceans Satellites and algorithms monitor and track the colour of the ocean to determine if harmful algal blooms are forming offshore Marine • 27 Jul 21
How satellites alert us to harmful algal blooms in our oceans Satellites and algorithms monitor and track the colour of the ocean to determine if harmful algal blooms are forming offshore Marine • 27 Jul 21
Meet the 1,850 animals and plants we found in Cork's Lough Hyne The marine nature reserve is home to species that would more typically be found in deep sea ecosystems Marine • 10 Jun 21
Meet the 1,850 animals and plants we found in Cork's Lough Hyne The marine nature reserve is home to species that would more typically be found in deep sea ecosystems Marine • 10 Jun 21
How to turn shellfish waste into bioplastics We should be doing a lot more with the 1.5 megatonnes of crab and shrimp shells, tails and unused meat than just dumping it Marine • 26 Nov 20
How to turn shellfish waste into bioplastics We should be doing a lot more with the 1.5 megatonnes of crab and shrimp shells, tails and unused meat than just dumping it Marine • 26 Nov 20
What we know about Ireland's corals in the deep Atlantic Offshore research expeditions are discovering new findings about Ireland's cold-water corals in the Atlantic Marine • 22 Jan 21
What we know about Ireland's corals in the deep Atlantic Offshore research expeditions are discovering new findings about Ireland's cold-water corals in the Atlantic Marine • 22 Jan 21
The curious tale of the Ballycotton ghost ship What does maritime law have to say about the ship which ended up on the rocks off the Cork coast? Marine • 03 Mar 20
The curious tale of the Ballycotton ghost ship What does maritime law have to say about the ship which ended up on the rocks off the Cork coast? Marine • 03 Mar 20
Why we need more marine protected areas They are a proven solution to many of the problems around the staggering loss of biodiversity in our oceans Marine • 27 Feb 20
Why we need more marine protected areas They are a proven solution to many of the problems around the staggering loss of biodiversity in our oceans Marine • 27 Feb 20
How to mathematically solve a mystery of the deep-blue sea What exactly causes dead water to slow down sea-going vessels? Hint: it's not sea-monsters or supernatural forces Maths • 12 Dec 19
How to mathematically solve a mystery of the deep-blue sea What exactly causes dead water to slow down sea-going vessels? Hint: it's not sea-monsters or supernatural forces Maths • 12 Dec 19
Could the great white shark's DNA hold a cure for cancer? New research into the great white shark could aid the development of new life-enhancing human treatments Sharks • 22 Feb 19
Could the great white shark's DNA hold a cure for cancer? New research into the great white shark could aid the development of new life-enhancing human treatments Sharks • 22 Feb 19
Meet the real teenage mutant sea turtles What is causing so many teenage sea turtles to develop tumours? Marine • 12 Nov 18
Meet the real teenage mutant sea turtles What is causing so many teenage sea turtles to develop tumours? Marine • 12 Nov 18
Not strictly fish: 73% of deep water fish contain microplastics Report: a new study has found that nearly one in four Northwest Atlantic Ocean deep water fish have ingested microplastics microplastics • 29 Mar 18
Not strictly fish: 73% of deep water fish contain microplastics Report: a new study has found that nearly one in four Northwest Atlantic Ocean deep water fish have ingested microplastics microplastics • 29 Mar 18
Catching the perfect wave Opinion: we could satisfy all of Ireland's energy needs through wave energy so the challenge right now lies in harnessing that energy in an economic way Wave energy • 02 Nov 17
Catching the perfect wave Opinion: we could satisfy all of Ireland's energy needs through wave energy so the challenge right now lies in harnessing that energy in an economic way Wave energy • 02 Nov 17
