Presentation at GeoHab conference in Arendal, Norway

Today is the day – I am making a presentation asking the question How do Marine Heat Waves affect cold-water corals in the deep -sea? at the GeoHab habitat mapping conference in Arendal, Norway. And just now yesterday/today’s BBC news headlines show that ocean temperature has seen a record breaking year of heat every singleContinue reading “Presentation at GeoHab conference in Arendal, Norway”

From Stem Cells to Stars

‘From Stem Cells to Stars: Poetry and Physics’ at Dublin Book Festival 2023 “जहाँ न पहुंचे रवि वहाँ पहुंचे कवि”- “jahaan na pahunche ravi vahaan pahunche kavi”- There’s a saying in Hindi: “Poets can reach where the Sun cannot reach” The Institute of Physics Writer in Residence 2023, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan wrote three poems inspired byContinue reading “From Stem Cells to Stars”

OceanHackWeek project on benthic habitat mapping

I just had the wonderful opportunity to participate in #OceanHackWeek 2023 working on a project on Benthic Habitat Mapping. This project built on my existing work on integrating sediment dynamics into habitat mapping approaches utilising national seabed mapping data from the Irish seabed mapping program INFOMAR. Existing workflow was heavily dependent on ArcGIS so theContinue reading “OceanHackWeek project on benthic habitat mapping”