Gerard McCarthy was featured in Episode one of RTE new documentary series Ireland’s Coast. In his segment ( min 38) he explains sea level rise in Ireland
On October 20th 2024 ICARUS Oceans held a team building event, attended by the group as well as family and friend. much fun was had playing games and sharing food together.
Congratulations to Samantha Hallam for being recognised for her work on tropical storms and whom was involved with media interviews on the subject of Hurricane Milton during the week.these were aired on Morning live and RTE prime time News (ten min in).
Sam Hallam was involved in running a Tropical Cyclone workshop in Jamaica on 23rd July promoting the launch of TOPIM model. With over 50 attendees it was a great success.
On June 11th we held a meet up event to welcome the summer research assistant and allow all other members of the group to meet up and have a social chat. this was a highly successful and enjoyable event. Thanks to all. Below we Introduce the new summer research assistants and their projects
My name is Lionel Swan I have just finished my 4th and final year of undergrade in Maynooth University studying Biological and Geographical Sciences. I hope to graduate later this year with a 1:1 and plan to do a Masters in Climate Change, also at Maynooth University. I am currently a Research Assistant in ICARUS under Dr Gerard McCarthy and PhD student Patrick Mc Loughlin, with the goal of digitising and analysing old tidal records from the south-west of Ireland in order to increase our understanding of Irelands historical sea-level rise.
I’ve just finished my first year in my undergraduate degree in geography, criminology, and anthropology and am currently undertaking a research assistant position in ICARUS working on mapping GAA sports in Ireland. I also enjoy playing board games, card games and drawing in my spare time.
Hi my name is Amelia Carroll. I have just finished my first year as an undergraduate studying geography and I am working as research assistant for ICARUS. My main focus is mapping GAA wins specifically football across Ireland. I have always had a love of sport from a young age so being able to research something I’m passionate about has been amazing.
John Grant is a Research Assistant at ICARUS (Irish Climate Research and Analysis Unit) in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University. He has graduated in Bachelor of Biological and Geographical sciences (MH203) in 2024. John is currently researching the correlation of air quality in Irish towns in relation to mortality notices
Patrick has had his first Paper accepted for publication!! Congratulations Patrick.
Samuel Diabate and Catherine O’Beirne have both successfully defended their thesis. Congratulations Drs!!!
Happy International Womens day. Over the last 13 months ICARUS Oceans group has gone from strength to strength from a female perspective. Dr Kirsty Morris the first Post-doctoral Researcher in Marine Biology has joined the group. DR Samantha Hallam has brough in new funding as the Co-PI on the €150k TOPIM project, developing a tropical cyclone ocean coupled potential intensity model for the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In addition Catherine O’Beirne has just submitted her thesis and is preparing papers for publication and Ashly Kataylin Uthaman is in her final year of her PhD as well as preparing to go to sea. It is wonderful to have such a strong woman’s presence throughout the ICARUS Oceans group. To read more on their careers and more individuals from the larger ICARUS group see here
Emmanuel and Gerard have been successful in securing Maynooth University as the only Irish partner for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) Program “Ocean to Climate Seamless Forecasting System (OSF)“. The Goal of this programme is to improve forecasting capability for the ocean and climate.
Catherine O’Beirne and Samuel Diabate have successfully submitted their PhD thesis on Feb 29th 2024. Congratulations!!
Members of the team will be attending and presenting at a variety of conferences this year including AGU Ocean Sciences, New Orleans 2024 EGU Vienna 2024, ObsSea4Clim kick off meeting, Copenhagen March 2024 and IGC Dublin 2024, Sea Level meeting, Trinity College June 2024
The First Irish AMOC meeting was held in Maynooth University hosted by Gerard McCarthy in January 2024
Maeve Upton and Amin Shoarinejad both completed their PhD defence during 2023
Emmanuel attended the UN Decade Collaborative Center on Ocean-Climate Nexus and Coordination Amongst Decade Implementing Partners in P. R. China in September 2023.
The 6th Annual Irish Sea Level meeting was held in Maynooth University hosted by members of the team in June 2023
Guillaume Hug will be participating in a summer school this year in Trieste as well an Education and Public Engagement course (with ICRAG) ‘Writing the Earth’
