Walking around it always strikes me that the best way to start a real recovery of native woodlands is to allow the pockets which remain to expand naturally. Presently these are often actively suppressed whilst we pay for woodland creation elsewhere I made a short video about it

#showyourstripes #Ireland 2022 warmest year on record for Ireland. #MonthsSeasonsYears Ed Hawkins World Meteorological Organization #SummerSolstice

Funded 3.5-year PhD position to start this October on extreme drought, water management & climate change. Based at UEA, Norwich in the Climatic Research Unit. Co-funded by Anglian Water UEA ClimateUEA Dr Geoff Darch Anglian Water Details: uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doc…

Today is #NationalMeadowsDay! 🥳 The loss of our uplifting hay meadow habitats in the UK makes my heart hurt, so I want to share with you the secret for turning your lawn into a mini wildflower meadow for *free* 👊 🧵 (1/9)

"It could scarcely be more screwed up. The effort to protect Earth systems and the human systems that depend on them is led by people working at the margins with tiny resources, while the richest + most powerful use every means at their disposal to stop them." A *crucial* read.

Great talk by Niamh Cahill at INQUARoma2023 chatting about all things statistics and multiple proxy modelling focusing on hydroclimate in Australia 💧

Outside of fungi season, it's easy to forget about the network of filaments under your feet when walking in a forest. But it's there, some breaking down deadwood, others working away in symbiosis with the trees, providing pathways for the exchange of information and nutrients.

For those who are keeping track, we are now at 13 consecutive days with record global (60S-60N) temperatures, since satellite era measurements began in 1979, likely the 13 hottest days on a global scale over the last 100,000+ years. And now temperatures are going back up again.

#Biodiversity is critical to our society and quality of life. 🌳🍄🪱🐞🌱🐮 The EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 sets out a path to become more sustainable and bring back nature into our lives. Via EU_ScienceHub European Commission

We designing a new Southern Hemisphere paleoclimate project to follow up from the SHeMax project. Everyone with an interest in SH paleoclimate is encouraged to participate. We will meet at XI Moro room in Legge Building at 14.00 today, May 18th. Please repost #INQUARoma2023

Exciting news!- the BSBI is currently looking for a Botanical Skills Officer for Northern Ireland. If this sounds like a job for you, or someone you know, the details can be found here bsbi.org/vacancies (applications close on 27th August). Please share!🌿

Filming the next episode of 5 in five today in the Shannon callows with grasslands expert Dr Maria Long NPWS Nature Conservation It’s hard to capture how beautiful it is in these floodplain meadows

Scorching hot again in Southern Europe with temperatures locally into the high 40s Celsius. A collection of all-time records have fallen...

My first time ever seeing rare beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis), here in Glenveagh NP, Donegal. Many thanks to Head Gardener Seán O Gaoithin for pointing it out.

Bittersweet - last day of the blended intensive programme on sustainability & bioeconomy. Brilliant fun collaborating with Máire Nic an Bhaird ❤🌍 Jim Carolan BioBeo #SDGs #Bioeconomy #CitizenScience ☘️💕

Great to be celebrating all the women in ICARUS Maynooth and Maynooth Geography as part of #IWD2024 maynoothuniversity.ie/icarus/news/in…

Happy Women's Day! Did you know that Maynooth University has been ranked in the top 7% of universities globally for its research on the study of gender equality, policies on gender equality and commitment to recruiting and promoting women?

On #IWD2024 it is perfect timing to showcase the fantastic research that some of our Maynooth Geography ICARUS Maynooth colleagues are doing. Check out the #blog post here. #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #Geography Maynooth University MU Research maynoothgeography.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/int…

Our new three part series with Philip Boucher-Hayes starts next Wednesday at 9:30pm on RTÉ 1. A lot of blood, sweat and tears has gone into this one (literally). Please like, watch and share.

A quick reminder to the 100+ Geographers from Maynooth Geography who are heading out on #fieldtrips in the next two weeks.... wear comfortable shoes & only pack the essentials! #fieldwork #geography #inthefield #Gorey #Inishbofin #Berlin #Stradbally #Dublin #Bundoran