May 2024: Warmest May on record. Calm, dull and thundery at times 👉The Island of Ireland average May temperature was 13.08 °C, which is 2.53°C above the 1961-1990 long term average (LTA) or 1.74 °C above the 1991-2020 LTA for May More here - met.ie/climate-statem…

Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.26 degrees Celsius per decade, the highest rate since records began, according to new research by over 50 leading international scientists, including Prof Peter Thorne of ICARUS Maynooth. Maynooth Geography maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-social…

wmo.int/media/news/wmo… Check out the latest guidance from the World Meteorological Organization reflecting developments in data rescue for hydrology and climatology! Proud to contribute, and to see the hard work of scientists in Ireland included 🇮🇪 Conor Murphy Ciara Ryan Carla Mateus UCD Geography

Key insights on wellbeing and climate from Stacey Heath and colleagues including from our Healthy Adaptations research from Wellcome Catherine Butler Conor Murphy Tara Quinn ExeterGeography

Clear presentation by Conor Murphy on the climate change signals in Irish weather observations on TeagascSignpost. Also calls for adaptation measures to be ratcheted up agenda. This does NoT mean a diminution in cutting emissions. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the…

Great to see Samantha Hallam and Gertrude representing ICARUS Maynooth and Maynooth Geography at the President's Garden Party on the theme of Sustaining and Conserving our Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources last week icarus-maynooth.blogspot.com/2024/07/presid…

Drought risk in Moldova under global warming and possible crop adaptation strategies - Vicente‐Serrano - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵 1. All roads lead to Rome

We now have around 350,000 images of daily rainfall observations taken between 1870 and 1960 from 1000s of sites around the UK. More than 100 million measurements. Very few are already digitised as usable data. This is a huge AI/ML challenge. Anyone want to help?

Delighted to see this finally published! Hope it finds wide use, it was fun to work on. The Irish drought impacts database: A 287‐year database of drought impacts derived from newspaper archives - Geoscience Data Journal - Wiley Online Library rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gd…

Looking forward to this. All hands on deck now! Two-day festival in North Wexford to feature vintage machinery, forgotten skills and delicious local food independent.ie/regionals/wexf…

Interested in rescue of historical river flow records? Join us for the IAHS_AISH 𝗥𝗘𝗛𝗬𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 workshop this 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧. I'll be presenting insights from our hydrometric data rescue project in Ireland: tuwien.zoom.us/j/62248444417

My dear friend, colleague and mentor Prof Bernard Mahon needs our help. He has contributed so much to Irish Immunology Irish Immunology and Maynooth University and deserves the best EMA approved healthcare possible. Why wont Laya Healthcare fund Immunotherapy for Bernard? VHI do, RT🙏

🚀 Today we launched the 2024 Maynooth University Research and Innovation Report! Proud of the incredible work of my Maynooth University colleagues featured in it. Check out their amazing research here: mu.foleon.com/maynooth-unive… #ResearchImpact #Innovation #MaynoothUniversity

18 month climate justice post-doc position in Maynooth Geography working with @jenniecstephens on 'Justice First' project - co-production of climate and energy planning with marginalised communities. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecrui…

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: if devastating & destructive Spanish floods don't ignite climate action, what will? By Conor Murphy Maynooth Geography ICARUS Maynooth Maynooth University rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Water needs to be at the core of national objectives of a climate resilient Ireland, Conor Murphy at the The Water Forum - An Fóram Uisce water & climate conference today #WaterClimate2024

Fantastic 1st session at The Water Forum - An Fóram Uisce conference today presenting the science on how climate change will impact water availability, water quality, public health & ecosystems. Conor Murphy Sarah Cotterill Michelle McKeown Jean O'Dwyer Ken Whelan

📺Watch back: Prof Peter Thorne and research students from ICARUS Maynooth were interviewed by RTÉ. They discussed the impact Trump may have on Climate Change. Maynooth Geography rte.ie/news/2025/0126…

Great to see our climate paper featured in the February issue of @rmets.org Weather 😊 Peter Thorne Simon Noone Deirdre McClean ICARUS Maynooth School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin C-CAPS Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway 🌎Compound event impacts on Ireland's agriculture rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14778696...