Chris Mark
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Landscapes: how they're formed, how old they are, and how pleasant they are to walk in. (SFI Starting Investigator at UCD; all views my own)
Joined August 2014
RT @SimonHarrisTD: I wish my successor @DonnellyStephen every good wish. And I am excited about my new role creating a brand new Department….
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Excellent news! Ireland finally gets a dedicated Ministry for Higher Education and Research. Time to finally end the higher education funding drought?
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Feeling cautiously optimistic - 7% annual carbon reduction will be ace (if it actually happens). And still a small chance for a higher education ministry - now that really would be good news.
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Micheál Martin set to be elected taoiseach when Dáil sits tomorrow
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RT @CarenzaLewis: A good peaceful, positive #BLM rally in #Lincoln (UK), with veterans at the war memorial applauding demonstrators as they….
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RT @rdlarter: This leaves four-fifths of the ocean floor - more than half of the surface of our planet - over which we lack detailed survey….
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This leaves four-fifths - twice the area of Mars - still to be surveyed to a modern standard.
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Remember, no matter how awful things seem - they could be worse. Could be the end-Cretaceous. or the end-Permian!.
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Some lovely folds near the summit of Maulin; Ordovician Ribband Gp (I think!). Vis on the tops was rubbish but who cares - first time in the hills since early March!
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Take-home message from today's Nature editorial: "Yet again, the academic precariat finds itself at a disadvantage". Amen.
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Nature - Universities are facing a severe financial crisis and some contract staff are hanging by a thread. Senior colleagues need to speak up now.
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A good deal of good in this - not least, a commitment to finally take carbon reduction seriously. Let's hope it can be implemented #Ireland #GreenParty
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RT @Keir_Starmer: Any violence against our police is completely unacceptable. No ifs, no buts. Today’s protests in London were led by tho….
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First day back in the lab. look what's in the mailbox! Thanks a mil @seis_matters ! #OpenScience
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Somebody's launching a lot of fire balloons in the middle of #Dublin tonight. Beautiful, but I hope they don't start any gorse fires!
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Can of worms alert. ! Sample archiving/access is a problem alright, but do museums have the physical space for more material? And if funding bodies have more $$ then this should go on salaries, not storage.
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On #EuropeDay, let’s never forget. Europe is YOU, it’s US, it’s all of us TOGETHER. UNITY is what makes us stronger. Here’s what Europe means to #EU27 leaders:
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RT @lionelbarber: Worth reading every word of this remarkable speech: Germany’s President declares on #VE=Day75 : “Never again alone” http….
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Job alert! @JRSO_IODP at Texas A&M are in the market for an XRF technician.
IODP,@TAMUGeosciences is hiring!. XRF core scanning lab technician is needed to run our IODP, XRF lab on-shore. Please see the job advertisement for more details if you are interesting. 📸The XRF scanner with its newly engineered door
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RT @jstephendaly: @stephenafarrell Yes and the effects last for years. As a young university lecturer I reckoned it took two years to undo….
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