Taoiseach under fire for ‘diplomatic clanger’ over Doonbeg wind farm intervention
March 16th, 2018
Opposition parties and environmental groups have accused the Taoiseach of dropping a “diplomatic clanger” over his backing of Donald Trump’s opposition to...
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New forestry figures point to urgent need for root and branch reform of failing...
Immediate Release Ireland’s latest forestry figures are a clear sign of the urgent need for a root and branch reform of failing forestry policy,...
Norway’s electric car demand is outstripping supply – with lessons for the EU
Thousands of Norwegians are on waiting lists for electric cars, showing the success and limitations of policy incentives
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70% of king penguins could ‘abruptly relocate or disappear’ by 2100
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne
The arduous journey that king penguins must make in order to hunt fish to bring back...
NASA powers on new instrument staring at the Sun
NASA has powered on its latest space payload to continue long-term measurements of the Sun's incoming energy. Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1),...
New research, March 5-11, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
The figure is from paper #57.
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1. Insights into Atmospheric Predictability Through Global Convection-Permitting Model...
February 2018 was sixth warmest February on record
February 2018 was the sixth warmest February in 138 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at...
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