Ireland’s hills are victims of policy that hurts farmers and nature Incentives to do the wrong thing have hindered habitats, wildlife and good farming practice

In Science & Climate in @irishtimes.com, @whittledaway.bsky.social looks at how Ireland's hillscapes have been savaged by sheep and by policies that fail to offer upland farmers a viable alternative......
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Just a shout out to ‘James’ from @tvnz.bsky.social who did a great job getting public messaging out tonight on TVNZ news

So please this coming #nzpol election is not just about the ‘cost of living ’ it’s about the cost of lives and inaction #climate

NB Stuart Smith National whip at the centre of NZ PM future debate has denied climate change for years & was lead whip who blocked the NZ climate minister from attending the world adaptation conference NZ was hosting last October - you couldn’t make this stuff up www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-o...

A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden A former horticultural nursery in Regent’s Park has been transformed into a diverse mix of habitats where the public might see some rare species in the heart of the capital

The Royal Parks has transformed a former brownfield site in Regent's Park into a two-acre paradise for flora and fauna, bringing about an estimated 184% increase in biodiverse wildlife habitat, including the hairy-footed flower bee and a breeding pair of geese.

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#pathways #risks #climate #data #decision #serious #games #knowledge #relationships | Stephen Flood, PhD | 10 comments Really enjoyed our Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland Adaptation Committee annual workshop in Dublin on the theme of “Potential Pathways to Climate Resilience.” Marjolijn Haasnoot & Sadie McEvoy...

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I had a wonderful afternoon yesterday, celebrating the launch of our co-edited book, Women in Health Management. It was lovely to host some of the authors who contributed chapters. www.routledge.com/Women-in-Hea...

Sarah Moss: The unshed tears of men with big trucks are costly indeed How different would Ireland have been this last century if the tears of women were a national emergency?

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NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...

Why wildflowers are moving from meadows to the city The amount of green space for wildflowers in the UK has shrunk amid the rise of modern agriculture. But wildflowers are thriving where other plants can't – cities.

Cities might seem like an unlikely candidate for flowers to thrive – but wildflowers love them.

Cities are often associated with stress – and only the toughest plants can cope in them. Thankfully, wildflowers thrive on stress.

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Opinion: Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap Carbon tax may be unpopular, but we need it to avoid a far more expensive future, and the government was wrong to cave in after protests, writes John Gibbons.

“The Irish government balked at introducing any such moderate, sensible energy-saving measures, presumably fearful of backlash from a public conditioned to believe that any sacrifice, no matter how small, is intolerable”.

My take is in @thejournal.ie today.

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Opinion: Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap Carbon tax may be unpopular, but it’s one of the cheapest tools we have to avoid a far more expensive future, and the government was wrong to cave in after protests, writes John Gibbons.

John Gibbons: Carbon tax may be unpopular, but we need it to avoid a far more expensive future - the government was wrong to cave in after protests.

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The ocean off California keeps breaking heat records The marine heat wave of 2026 is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it could lead to a warm, humid and stormy summer.

We acknowledge that more than 90% of the heat from global warming has gone into the ocean but then act surprised when this happens.

London Underground - Rise And Fall [England, New Wave/Dub] (1983)

London Underground - Rise And Fall [England, New Wave/Dub] (1983)
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Storm Éowyn showed how extreme weather can disrupt essential services.
768,000 electricity customers lost power. More than 200,000 premises were left without water. Over 1 million telecommunications users lost coverage.
The Council’s report sets out the scale of the disruption shorturl.at/ORv9s

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

Not only do sperm whale have a form of “alphabet” and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human speech, the new study has found.

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Decarbonisation is the answer.
This is the second fossil fuel crisis in just a few years. The evidence is clear: dependency on fossil fuels remains the most expensive option for Europe — and citizens are feeling it at the petrol station, in the supermarket, and on their bills.

Why is Irish electricity so expensive? Economists have crunched the numbers The culprit is gas, which exposes Ireland to volatile international markets.

Why is Irish electricity so expensive? Economists from the ESRI crunched the numbers - and generating a large share of our electricity using gas is a big factor. jrnl.ie/7011725t

1⃣1⃣0⃣ years of atmospheric observation have been carried out at this site.
@aemet.es Izaña Atmospheric Observatory in Tenerife, Spain, is one of the WMO Global Atmospheric Watch stations that monitor greenhouse gases, ozone, aerosols, radiation, water vapor & meteorological conditions.

The Dutch blueprint for urban vitality goes far beyond the bicycle.

It begins by reclaiming public space and reducing the dominance of private cars to make room for cities that are accessible, attractive and alive with possibility.

Bikes aren’t the end goal, they’re just the means to get us there.

Love this one 🌻

traffic on a highway. City Hopeful Prioritizing The Car Will Alleviate Traffic Woes Despite 100 Years Of Evidence.

City Hopeful Prioritizing The Car Will Alleviate Traffic Woes Despite 100 Years Of Evidence It Doesn't.

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"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours". From today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours".

From today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social

Rice’s whales existed before humans. Now Trump could make them extinct The US has invoked national security to remove protections for the endangered cetacean, of which only about 50 are left

If the Rice’s whale dwindles and dies off after a long tenure on Earth, it will mean the government had “voted to knowingly eradicate every member of an entire whale species from our planet”, said Dan Snyder, director of the Environmental Enforcement Project.

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Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fuel prices soar Iran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from July

Drill, baby, drill!

(Holes to attach solar panels on your roof).

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The only way to durably protect hauliers - and the economy - against fossil fuel shocks is to support them to electrify trucks.

Sales of electric trucks in China outsold diesel trucks last December.

So far this year, only one electric HVG was newly registered in Ireland.
#fuelprotests #speirgorm