Christine Loughlin

Scientific & Technical Officer @MarineInst marine research infrastructures team || physical oceanographer, microplastics researcher

[SmartBay @smartbay_ie]

Today, International Day of Women and Girls in Science we’re celebrating the women supporting @MarineInst @EMSOeu SmartBay Observatory!
Their expertise in operations, communications, & finance play a vital role at SmartBay & advancing EU research initiatives like @ANERISproject

[SmartBay @smartbay_ie]

Rarely seen Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) burrowing behaviour at SmartBay Observatory got on camera. Think of it as Nephflix, where these elusive prawns star in their own live-action drama!

Binge-watch the live camera here: https://t.co/WXFJhsvfnn
@MarineInst

[EirOOS: Irish Ocean Observing System @Eir_OOS]

⁉️Have you watched our new @Eir_OOS video yet?

💬There's great footage from the @MarineInst #AIMSIR surveys of the M6 data buoy deployment which supports @MetEireann forecasting and provides data for sea safety.

📽️https://t.co/lKhhj0IZlX

[EirOOS: Irish Ocean Observing System @Eir_OOS]

We have a brand new video showing EirOOS activity with footage from our AIMSIR surveys. These infrastructure are vital for #oceanobs

Click the link to watch👇
https://t.co/lKhhj0Jxbv

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

Our third and final Scientists at Sea blog from #CE25007 is live! Eva writes about our CTD casts and the chemistry done on the survey
@MarineInst
https://t.co/K0WkDL7pRm

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

https://t.co/1vLmXBxinC

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

We packed in so many activities at sea that we've had to break up our Scientists at Sea blog into 3 parts!! Here's part 2 all about the @Eir_OOS infrastructure recovery/redeployments during the #CE25007 cruise.

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

Are you interested in finding out what we got up to while we were at sea for 3 weeks on #CE25007? Have a read of our Scientists@Sea blog 1 that Eva & I wrote- our first 3 days were filled with training on LanderPick.
https://t.co/szuVb2C8v6

@MarineInst @Eir_OOS @RVMarineInst

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

Only a few days left of the survey, enjoying the last few days of these sunsets, especially with the M6 on board😍 the 4pm-4am shift has its perks.

@Eir_OOS @MarineInst @RVMarineInst

[Damien McCallig @DamienMcCallig]

Great pics by @Eoinfah

[Damien McCallig @DamienMcCallig]

24° west. Western most point of the trip

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

Beautiful sighting of a pod of pilot whales and a few calf’s passing close by while we were doing our deepest CTD cast in the Iceland Basin on the Rockall Trough transect!!

#ce25007

[EirOOS: Irish Ocean Observing System @Eir_OOS]

The yearly swap out of the South Rockall Trough Deep-sea Mooring was successful on the #CE25007 survey. Another year of ADCP and CTD data will be available to add to this existing dataset!

[EirOOS: Irish Ocean Observing System @Eir_OOS]

New Vs. Old

The M6 #IMDBON @MarineInst data buoy was successfully swapped out on the #CE25007 survey. This buoy will be out for 1 year providing essential data for @MetEireann along with 3 subsurface CTD microCATs to 750m depth for #oceanops

[Damien McCallig @DamienMcCallig]

Fine morning 🌄 out west.

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

We’re enjoying the rare days of sunshine on deck during the #CE25007 survey and gave a short intro to @MarineInst M6 #IMDBON buoy to 3 students on board. Doreen will use data from M6 & South Rockall Mooring for her MSc project

Zdenek, our technician, shows them the CTD in hull.

[Christine Loughlin @Cloughlinvt]

Looking forward to these sunsets for the next few weeks 😍 a wonderful end to a very successful first day of #CE25007

@MarineInst @RVMarineInst @Eir_OOS

[Marine Institute @MarineInst]

🎉Today we celebrate #WomenInScience and the incredible contributions our female scientists make to marine science.

👇Hear from Christine Loughlin

[Marine Institute @MarineInst]

🎉Celebrating #WomenInScience and our inspiring female scientists.

👩‍🔬Christine Loughlin

[Marine Institute @MarineInst]

🎉Today we celebrate #WomenInScience and the incredible contributions our female scientists make to marine science.

👇Hear from Hayleigh Joyce