‘Does everybody love beans?’ – Enjoying a few cans at a unique Co Kerry festival
Cormac Fitzgerald Rockin’ the Suburbs In this new series, journalist and spoken word artist Cormac Fitzgerald travels to…
Majority do not believe Ireland will be carbon neutral by 2050
Less than a third of the public believe Ireland will be carbon neutral by 2050, new poll has…
Fossil fuel industry is worsening Western water scarcity, study finds
In the last few years, multiple studies have shown that global warming is intensifying drought and worsening water…
Climate warming drives thermal shocks and accelerated freshwater habitat fragmentation
Species distribution data We used the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species…
Scientists warn a catastrophic climate “extreme of extremes” is becoming more likely
In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave…
Exposure to drought during pregnancy associated with higher risk of preterm birth
Climate change is making droughts more frequent, prolonged, and intense in many regions of the world, increasing the…
John Gibbons: Ireland needs an emergency food stockpile
At any given time, around 1.7m tonnes of oil are held in the Irish State’s national reserve, most…
Renewable Energy Industry Is Starting to Spend Big on Elections
The fossil fuel industry has long been a campaign finance powerhouse, using its clout to help put sympathetic…
The world inches closer to catastrophic climate events
NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the…
Scientists Uncover Signs of an Ancient Climate “Tipping Point”
An iceberg melts in the Southern Ocean. Credit: Michael Miller Melting permafrost 304 million years ago may have…
Wind energy: Why does Ireland still have only one community-owned wind farm?
When John Fogarty addressed the Oireachtas joint committee on climate action in October 2019, he hoped his experience…
A Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Just Broke Off Greenland
Petermann Glacier has shed a rare, Manhattan-sized Arctic ice island that researchers had watched develop for years. Credit:…