Research 285: Nutrient Dynamics and Ecophysiology of Opportunistic Macroalgal Blooms in Irish Estuaries and...
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Questions remain over funding of retrofit scheme
August 20th, 2019
The Government has announced that all outstanding deep retrofit pilot scheme applications will be assessed but questions remain over why funding issues...
Microplastics found in remote areas of Alps and Arctic
August 20th, 2019
A new study has
revealed significant levels of microplastic pollution in snow samples from the
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Fracking prompts methane spike, US study finds
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Increasing methane concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere over
the past decade is likely linked to emissions from the fracking industry, a new
US study...
Climate change threatening global food supplies, IPCC
August 8th, 2019
A circular,
exacerbating relationship between land degradation and climate change is
threatening global food supplies, the United Nations said today.
It was one of many
findings...
July heatwave ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change
August 6th, 2019
Last month’s European
heatwave would have been “extremely unlikely” without climate change, a new
analysis has found.
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released by the World Weather...
Concern rasied over dust pollution from demolition waste at Cork site
August 15th, 2019
Concerns have been raised about dust
pollution arising from a vast rubble mound left after the demolition of a
former tax office in the...
Homeowners and energy workers left in lurch as retrofit funding runs out
August 15th, 2019
Hundreds of homeowners and industry workers have been left in the lurch after it emerged that funding for the Sustainable Energy Authority...
Irish see climate as key problem to tackle at EU level
August 14th, 2019
One-third of Irish people now view climate change as a top issue for the European Union to tackle, a new poll has...
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