Astrid Wingler
@AstridWingler
Professor of Plant Biology;
Head, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences @uccBEES;
Fulbright Alumna
@[email protected]
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12-06-2020 16:27:37
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Excited to share our latest publication as the birch trees are leafing out! 🌿 Our study reveals fascinating variation in leafing out timing across years for two native Irish tree species. 🌳 #Phenology Irish Phenology Astrid Wingler Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC Met Éireann academic.oup.com/jpe/article/17…
We're recruiting! A fully-funded 4-year PhD and a 2-year MSc studentship on grassland ecology and conservation in Ireland with Astrid Wingler and me Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC UCC Ireland in Cork, Ireland.
PhD: ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…
MSc: ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…
Many of Ireland's #GreatIrishGrasslands are under threat. Could you name the main threats? This clip from our animation provides the info.
#intensification
#abandonment
Full animation: greatirishgrasslands.ie
Phoebe O'Brien Notice Nature Ireland National Parks and Wildlife Service NPWS Nature Conservation BEC Consultants
Go check out my article on my studies into Irish Semi-natural Grasslands! Published in the BSBI News September 2023 issues, and has been selected as this issue's free article! Thanks to BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland for publishing my article! #Grasslands #GrasslandFlora
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We are busy preparing for this year's #UCCopenday . Come and visit the BEES stand in the Western Gateway Building and learn more about our wide range of courses. bees.ucc.ie
#ClimateChange 🌡️ exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions 🏭
We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes
We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years
Government must honour its pledge to bridge the annual €307M shortfall in core funding for higher education.
Our sector is grossly underfunded and it is having a huge impact on students & staff.UCC Ireland Irish Universities Assoc.
Another budget cannot come and go without meaningful investment. @
New research, carried out by an international team which includes Dr James Richardson from Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC and ERI, has outlined how tropical forests were unable to perform this vital function during the El Niño event of 2015 to 2016. irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4122…
The importance of grasslands: Mon 14th August (2:30pm) a walk in the meadows at Bantry House with Prof Astrid Wingler (UCC Ireland), talking about Plants, Climate and the Global Carbon Cycle and the importance of biodiversity for climate resilience.
More details: ellenhutchins.com/event-listings…
The views from our UAV over the #grassland site near Ballyvourney, Co. Cork. Then the site #orthomosaic , #DEM , and #NDVI .
All part of the StableGrass Project project, looking at #biodiversity , #carbon storage and #climate resilience in Irish semi-natural grasslands
I'm pleased to see this paper with collaborator Brody Sandel published! Work on this started during my Fulbright Ireland visit to UCDavisPlants in 2021.
Four iCRAG researchers awarded over €2.3 million in Science Foundation Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme funding: icrag-centre.org/news-and-media…
Astrid Wingler Audrey Morley U. of Galway's Palaeoenvironmental Research Unit
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded an SFI Frontiers for the Future grant to work on the project 'Functional traits of grass weeds – investigating the processes that determine weediness'.
Rossana Henriques Sonia Negrao Rajlou Soualih Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC ERI SEFS@UCC
📢Announcement!
V excited to bring you this #animation celebrating #GreatIrishGrasslands . Please pass this on far & wide. Huge tnx to Phoebe O'Brien
youtu.be/9LTiqYLCP-Y
#BiodiversityWeek
Noeleen
Jane Stout
Oonagh Duggan
All-Ireland Pollinator Plan
@jgjcarey
Rory Hodd