Dr Neil Reid IGFS Queen's University Belfast 🎓 said: “These results confirm Lough Neagh as ‘hypertrophic’ which is the worst category of waterway nutrient pollution, indicative of decades of agricultural, industrial and domestic runoff. belfastlive.co.uk/news/lough-nea…

Latest research, led by Dr Neil Reid, details the public health risks of Lough Neagh harmful algal blooms Reducing agricultural runoff and discharge from human wastewater treatment needs to be the top priority of all stakeholders including government. qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/T…

A huge turnout at Belfast City Hall for the anti-racist rally - this is the real heart of the city, not the bigots who sow division and hate.

All my potatoes have blight. It’s taken my outside tomatoes too. My courgettes haven’t fruited. My French beans failed. My runner beans will be just one picking? The cabbage have failed. The broccoli have failed. As did the radish. Even the cosmos hasn’t flowered. 🤷🏻‍♀️

These colourful diagrams show how air quality has changed in over 100 countries around the world since 1850 theconversation.com/these-colourfu…

Wonderful start to @IGC2024Dub with pre-congress fieldtrip to the Dublin area #coast. Bright 🌞🌞 and great #geographical discussions on really pertinent issues around our human relationship with dynamic coastal environments.

Stop by the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water stall at @IGC2024Dub to discuss solitions for climate +biodiversity + water! We’re on the 1st Floor in the Helix! #IGC2024Dub #ClimateCoCentre #ClimateResearch #ForScience #LegoFreddy

Come down to our stall for a chat with some of the team! @IGC2024Dub Dublin City University Dr. Erica Terese Krueger

Great to co-host DAERA Minister Andrew Muir MLA with Centre for Sustainability,Equality& Climate Action colleagues Amanda Slevin John Barry to discuss #ClimateChange #BiodiversityLoss & #WaterQualityDeclines with #LoughNeagh & #JustTransitions in focus Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water All Island Climate & Biodiversity Research Network School of Biological Sciences IGFS

Delighted to meet with Andrew Muir MLA today alongside Centre for Sustainability,Equality& Climate Action to discuss key issues and solutions around climate change, biodiversity loss and water quality decline Mark Emmerson Amanda Slevin John Barry

Another busy day at the International Geographical Congress in Dublin! Our stand will be there all week, stop by to talk to our team about all things #climate #biodiversity and #water! @IGC2024Dub Yvonne Buckley Diarmuid Torney

It was wonderful to host Andrew Muir MLA & DAERA colleagues in Queen's University Belfast 🎓 to discuss our #ClimateAction #sustainability #equality work within Centre for Sustainability,Equality& Climate Action Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water HAPP at Queen's School of Biological Sciences & explore how we can better work together for #NetZero #SustainableFuture 🌍

Centre for Sustainability,Equality& Climate Action Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water meeting with DAERA Minister Andrew Muir MLA today with Amanda Slevin & Mark Emmerson #LoughNeagh #JustTransitions #communityclimateaction & need for structural as well as individual behavioral change & need for more univ -policy-community links

Recent meeting and visit of UCD collaborators in Multi4More to our #multi4more field site. We’re testing the relative effects of plant diversity and nitrogen fertiliser application on yield. One harvest remaining for first full year of data! 😁

Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality? We discuss the major gap in research on how warming will affect the capacity of food web structure and function to resist and recover from future disturbances Trends in Ecology & Evolution authors.elsevier.com/a/1jh7x_3sj9ip…

Exciting to get a preview of the new Belfast Grand Central Station ahead of opening on Sunday. First service leaving will be a bus to Dublin at 5am 🚍

Huge thanks to John McCormick at Helen’s Bay Organics for hosting a visit fm DAERA colleagues with Landworkers' Alliance Social Farms & Gardens NI Carrick Greengrocers @playthinkbrink & Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water exploring role of #Organic & #RegenAg approaches to horticultural (Veg) production Andrew Muir MLA

We could all learn a few things about growing veg from John McCormick at Helen’s Bay Organics - cracking visit with Landworkers' Alliance Social Farms & Gardens NI Mark Emmerson Carrick Greengrocers & Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water #Organic & #RegenAg approaches to horticultural (Veg) production Andrew Muir MLA DAERA

Thanks for the invitation to be part of this visit and conversation. Looking forward to more of the same and support for more community farming that brings significant social, economic and environmental benefits!