The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences will host the 69th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting (IGRM 2026) in Spring of 2026. This annual event showcases the diversity of cutting edge geoscience research that is currently breaking new ground in Ireland - and across the world.
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69th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting (IGRM 2026) coming to UCC
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New Research: Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertiliser
Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertiliser. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College Dublin that paints a promising picture for more sustainable agriculture.
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BEES researchers feature in this interactive piece from The Arch, by UCC.
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Inaugural Agricultural Science Postgraduate Award Presented at 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork
深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC) has presented its inaugural Agricultural Science Postgraduate Award to PhD researcher Samson Mwangi Ithagu, marking a significant milestone in the development of Agricultural Science at the university.
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BEES researchers feature in this interactive piece from The Arch, by UCC.
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Agricultural Science Post Graduation Celebration and Awards Ceremony
22 Dec 2025
UCC's annual ‘Agricultural Science Post Graduation Celebration and Awards Ceremony’ took place on 12 December in the glorious surroundings of the UCC’s North Wing Council room.
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UCC ranked second in the world in global environmental ranking
05 Dec 2025
UCC is first in the world for its work on energy and climate action
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UCC launches the Sustainability Institute
01 Dec 2025
深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC) marks a significant milestone in its ongoing commitment to a sustainable future with the official launch of the Sustainability Institute.
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School of BEES awards 2025
21 Nov 2025A range of awards were presented at the recent School of BEES prizegiving event. The awards celebrate academic excellence across the BEES undergraduate student community.
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UCC celebrates the accreditation of its tree collection
19 Nov 2025
深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork’s arboretum has had its international accreditation renewed for a further five years. The university’s tree collection joins leading arboreta around the world in being accredited by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Programme, with UCC remaining the only Level 2 arboretum in Ireland.
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UCC researchers receive 鈧1.1m to address national and global societal challenges
17 Nov 2025
UCC researchers, including staff from the School of BEES, have received a combined €1.1 million in funding under Research Ireland's COALESCE 2025 programme.
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This tiny green plant found on ponds packs a protein punch, is nutritious, sustainable and climate-friendly
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New UCC exhibition showcases life-sized Irish dinosaurs
15 Nov 2025
Huge eight-metre-long skeletons of the only dinosaurs known to have existed on the island of Ireland are set to go on display to the public for the very first time, in a spectacular new exhibition of Irish fossils.
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New research: habitat suitability models guide the reintroduction of Angolan giraffes
06 Nov 2025
A new shows how species distribution models combined with high-spatiotemporal-resolution satellite data can be extremely valuable for informing the translocations of animals.
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New fossil addition to the UCC Geological Garden
08 Oct 2025
The School of BEES are thrilled to reveal the newest addition to the UCC Geological Garden, a 3 metre-long block of extremely fossiliferous Carboniferous limestone. The 300 million-year-old slab has an extraordinary fossil content, including many ancient marine creatures such as colonial and solitary corals, clam-like brachiopods and web-like bryozoans.
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Dr Dave O'Leary, a graduate of the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences discovered the insect in July and reported his sighting to the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
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UCC palaeontologists discover a new Triassic 鈥渨onder reptile鈥 that challenges ideas of skin and feather evolution
23 Jul 2025
An international team of researchers including UCC palaeontologists have discovered a new species of fossil reptile from the Triassic period that had a large crest made of complex plume-like structures, long before modern-type feathers evolved. This dramatic breakthrough shakes our view of the evolution of skin and feathers in reptiles.
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New Research: Global tracking of marine megafauna space use
11 Jun 2025
BEES researchers Dr Mark Jessopp, Dr Tom Doyle, Luke Harman and Prof John Quinn were part of an international team of almost 400 scientists from 50 countries whose research has just been published in the leading scientific Journal ‘Science’.
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School of BEES @ the Cork Carnival of Science
06 Jun 2025
The Cork Carnival of Science takes place on the 7th and 8th of June and the School of BEES will be there.
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Lough Hyne Touch Tanks 鈥 National Heritage Week County Award Winner
11 Apr 2025
The Lough Hyne Research Team, School of BEES, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork and the Skibbereen Heritage Centre has been selected as County Winner in the National Heritage Week Awards for the Touch Tanks event at Lough Hyne for the Cork County Council local authority area.
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Messel fossils under X-rays: a new tool to illuminate the anatomy of fossils in museum and research collections
08 Apr 2025
An international team of scientists from Ireland and Germany has applied for the first time a novel mobile X-ray imaging instrumentation on fossil animals from the Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Frankfurt, Germany. The pioneering study opens up a new avenue for studying in detail the elemental chemistry of fossils conserved in both solid and liquid media in research and museum collections worldwide.
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Seagulls have gained a fearsome reputation for stealing food from humans in the capital and elsewhere, but it's a different story in Cork
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Irish Tree Explorers Network (ITEN) hosts capstone symposium
06 Apr 2025
The Irish Tree Explorers Network (ITEN) hosted its capstone symposium, From Root to Branch: Rethinking Our Relationship with Trees, on Wednesday, 19 March 2025. Held at the Fota Education, Conservation and Research Centre in Cork, this free, one-day event attracted approximately 100 attendees and featured an impressive line-up of speakers from diverse disciplines. The symposium aimed to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of trees by exploring their significance through both STEM and cultural lenses.
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