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The third and final Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group report landed yesterday late afternoon – and we took some...
Culture column: First Reformed
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For this installment of our culture column, we’ve changed the format ever so slightly.
Our editor Kayle Crosson and our regular contributor Chloé...
Some key takeaways on Ireland’s energy challenges.
30 March 2022
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Climate Action has been holding hearings recently all around energy challenges we currently face.
Yesterday,...
Food and energy insecurity mean double trouble
The long-banished spectre of food insecurity has returned to Europe for the first time since the 1940s. I wrote the below piece for...
Mothers on environmental activism: “you know you have to do it for your children’s...
Pictured above: Dr. Elaine McGoff and her two children following a climate protest.
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When Theresa O’Donohoe was pregnant with her first child, she...
A closer look: a landmark study in environmental justice in Ireland
24 March 2022
A new study of environmental justice in Ireland was published today – and there’s a lot in it.
Researchers from Dublin City University...
Polar heatwaves sound global climate alarm bells
Polar heatwaves are, as you would imagine, rare events, but in March, simultaneous heatwaves were recorded at both poles, an event without precedent in...
Basking sharks: “look down at your watch or a piece of paper, and they’re...
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Over the past quiet months for the natural world, Simon Berrow’s been in the throes of what he calls “shark fever”.
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The ecological point of no return draws ever closer
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Biodiversity spotlight: golden eagles
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If you ever find yourself amidst snowy mountains, keep your eyes on the white as much as you can. If you’re lucky,...
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