IQUA

Hello fellow Quaternary investigators! We are leaving X as voted on by our membership. We have exciting announcements about upcoming events, so please follow us over on BlueSky @ quaternaryirl.bsky.social. See you there!

Don't forget - our Spring Meeting and AGM is next Saturday, 29 March! Full details here: iqua.ie/invitation-iqu…

The deadline for our Eileen Reilly postgrad research award is tomorrow! Details on how to submit here: iqua.ie/iqua-call-open/

Our Spring Symposium programme is here! Join us at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick on 29 March, followed by our AGM for IQUA members. iqua.ie/invitation-iqu…

Final deadline for abstract submission for our Spring Symposium and AGM in Limerick is this Friday at 5pm! Our spring focus is usually showcasing postgrad work within IQUA. Further details and how to submit here: iqua.ie/call-for-abstr…

Our Spring Meeting and AGM will take place at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick on Saturday March 29th! Submissions for presentations and posters are welcome, particularly from ECRs (iqua.ie/call-for-abstr…). More details to follow!

Eileen Reilly Postgrad Research Award call now open! €500 for research. More details and how to apply: iqua.ie/iqua-call-open/

We are delighted to share our new OPEN ACCESS book: #LakesinIreland - Mirrors of Change. Download at oar.marine.ie/handle/10793/1… Thanks to our generous sponsors @MarineInst @epacatchments @npwsireland @MICLimerick @afbi_Ni @loughsagency @geolsurvie @anForamUisce @LAWPRO @nfgws

Our keynote speakers for the day: @irishboglife, Dave Beilman, and John Connolly and our event organisers @BiggusDaveus, Gill Plunket (IQUA committee), and @palaeo_mich (IQUA committee). Thanks to our sponsors GSNI @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Richard Fewster on changing climate zones and the potential for development of new peatlands. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Claire Nolan on the amazing preservation of Irish history in Irish bogs and the need to communicate the wealth of findings. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Ellen O'Carroll discussing the database of archeological sites and accompanying environmental data in Irish peatlands. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Catherine Keena from @teagasc on agriculture and preserving biodiversity on Irish bogs. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Jamie Rohu discussing the intersection of bogs and politics. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Kate Flood giving our third keynote address on the social, sustainable, and value aspects of Ireland's peatland in the future. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Callum R. C. Evans discussing testate amoeba and the agriculturally sourced ammonia pollutant in bogs. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Hilary Pierce on the factors affecting the water table in peat soils. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt

Farimah Fattahi Masrour discussing surcharging and settlement of peat. @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @vanwalt