Climate Attribution: Learning the Lesson of June 2019
July 2nd, 2019
The ‘Spanish Plume’ which enveloped much of western Europe over the past week has now begun to dissipate with more seasonally normal...
Climate change made French heatwave ‘at least 5 times likelier’
July 2nd, 2019
The record-breaking heatwave in France that disrupted life across the European powerhouse was made five times more likely due to human-induced climate...
Latest heatwave causing major disruption across Europe
July 2nd, 2019
Last
week’s European heatwave set new temperature records and disrupted
life across the continent.
According
to the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO),
the “unusually early and exceptionally intensive” heatwave...
Irish bird populations ‘decimated’ over space of few decades
July 2nd, 2019
The populations of a host of birds, including iconic species such as the Barn Owl and Curlew, have been “decimated” over the...
Redirect greyhound funding to environmental NGOs, say Greens
July 1st, 2019
The Green Party has called on the State to redirect funding for greyhound racing to animal welfare and environmental groups after RTÉ...
US Democrats: Who holds the key to reverse Trump’s climate catastrophe?
July 1st, 2019
During
a speech earlier this month, Irish President Michael D Higgins called
US President Trump’s decision to take
the US out of the Paris Agreement...
UN expert: 120m at risk of poverty due to climate change
1 July, 2019
Climate change could drive 120 million of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people into poverty and undo half a decade of...
Severe heatwave shows ‘time is running out’ to tackle climate breakdown
June 28th, 2019
A
severe
heatwave has
hit major European cities this week with meteorologists warning that
temperatures may soar to well above 40 degrees celsius
across
large parts of the...
Court issues guilty verdicts for killing of otter and hedgerow destruction
June 27th, 2019
Three individuals were convicted earlier this month of illegally killing an otter at Ballynatray Estate in Co Waterford in September 2017.
The...
Irish scientists develop new global emissions computer model
June 27th, 2019
Irish
scientists have developed a global computer model that stimulates
energy and emissions
outputs of the world’s power plants to aid researchers in devising
better energy...
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