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The seismic activity generated by Taylor Swift's sold-out concerts in Dublin in July 2024 provided a unique opportunity for scientific engagement and education, according to the authors of a groundbreaking new study. Geophysicist Eleanor Dunn from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies hit the headlines in July 2024 with her #SwiftQuakeDublin project studying the seismic activity generated by Taylor Swift's concerts in Dublin.

Posted 23 September, 2024 A new study has found ocean waves may become far more extreme than previously imagined. The insights, , reveal that when waves meet each other from different directions they can reach heights four times steeper than what was once thought possible. According to one of the paper's authors, Professor Frederic Dias , University College Dublin and ENS Paris-Saclay, modelling of wave breaking is often based on two-dimensions but in the ocean, waves can travel in many directions.