Mary Bourke
@megafloods.bsky.social
Professor in Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Geomorphology, Nature-based Solutions, Hazards, Floods, landslides, Rock Coasts, Coastal Erosion, Science Communication.
https://earthandplanetary.wordpress.com
https://earthandplanetary.wordpress.com
PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...
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June 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...
PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...
earthandplanetary.wordpress.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...
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A community effort by #ISROC network to standardise field data collection in coastal boulder research - funded by #NSF - starring Rónadh Cox @megafloods.bsky.social @tsunamiboulder.bsky.social @shoreplatform.bsky.social 🪨⛏️🛰️📸 #preprint #NHESS @egu.eu @nh.egu.eu
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
Understanding extreme-wave hazards on high-energy coasts requires a standardised approach to field data collection: Analysis and recommendations
Abstract. Coastal boulder deposits provide vital information on extreme wave events. They are crucial for understanding storm and tsunami impacts on rocky coasts, and for understanding long-term hazar...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A community effort by #ISROC network to standardise field data collection in coastal boulder research - funded by #NSF - starring Rónadh Cox @megafloods.bsky.social @tsunamiboulder.bsky.social @shoreplatform.bsky.social 🪨⛏️🛰️📸 #preprint #NHESS @egu.eu @nh.egu.eu
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
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The #isroc global database for coastal boulder deposits is up and running doi.org/10.17603/ds2...
Read about it in #marinegeology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l6bq5mVe1...
Read about it in #marinegeology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l6bq5mVe1...
May 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The #isroc global database for coastal boulder deposits is up and running doi.org/10.17603/ds2...
Read about it in #marinegeology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l6bq5mVe1...
Read about it in #marinegeology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l6bq5mVe1...
I was so proud to listen to my 4 undergrad students deliver their first National conference presentation at the Geomorphological Association of Ireland meeting.
April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I was so proud to listen to my 4 undergrad students deliver their first National conference presentation at the Geomorphological Association of Ireland meeting.
🪧The launch of the STRATA project website. Funded by @geolsurvie.bsky.social . We are assessing the potential of Sentinal 1 data to detect coastal rockfalls. sites.google.com/view/stratap...
April 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🪧The launch of the STRATA project website. Funded by @geolsurvie.bsky.social . We are assessing the potential of Sentinal 1 data to detect coastal rockfalls. sites.google.com/view/stratap...
Enjoying the lecture and panel discussion tonight at the
The Road Irish academy thanks @seismatters.bsky.social for a thought provoking discussion.
The Road Irish academy thanks @seismatters.bsky.social for a thought provoking discussion.
January 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Enjoying the lecture and panel discussion tonight at the
The Road Irish academy thanks @seismatters.bsky.social for a thought provoking discussion.
The Road Irish academy thanks @seismatters.bsky.social for a thought provoking discussion.
We need responses from Ireland's researchers and land managers on this survey about #NbS for #floods in a #ClimateEmergency
Survey link: bit.ly/4iozHzQ
Survey link: bit.ly/4iozHzQ
Nature Based Solutions International Survey
This survey aims to identify how Nature Based Solutions are being planned and implemented to address flood mitigation across different countries.
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January 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We need responses from Ireland's researchers and land managers on this survey about #NbS for #floods in a #ClimateEmergency
Survey link: bit.ly/4iozHzQ
Survey link: bit.ly/4iozHzQ
Sea defences near Rosslare Strand, Ireland.
“You might think that the sea is company,
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs,
But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits
The very windows, spits like a tame cat
Turned savage.”
Seamus Heaney (Storm on the Island)
#BSGAC24 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social
“You might think that the sea is company,
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs,
But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits
The very windows, spits like a tame cat
Turned savage.”
Seamus Heaney (Storm on the Island)
#BSGAC24 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Sea defences near Rosslare Strand, Ireland.
“You might think that the sea is company,
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs,
But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits
The very windows, spits like a tame cat
Turned savage.”
Seamus Heaney (Storm on the Island)
#BSGAC24 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social
“You might think that the sea is company,
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs,
But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits
The very windows, spits like a tame cat
Turned savage.”
Seamus Heaney (Storm on the Island)
#BSGAC24 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social
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🧪⚒️ “I doubt that it is a coincidence that 2024 has seen exceptional global atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, and as a consequence there have been very high peak rainfall intensities”
I have now posted my provisional analysis of fatal landslides in 2024 on my blog. In total, 708 fatal landslides (excluding those triggered by an earthquake), cost 4,492 lives. This is far higher than in any previous year for which I have data.
eos.org/thelandslide....
Published under a CC license.
eos.org/thelandslide....
Published under a CC license.
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🧪⚒️ “I doubt that it is a coincidence that 2024 has seen exceptional global atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, and as a consequence there have been very high peak rainfall intensities”
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🧪⚒️Join us online for the 1st #WARR of 2025. This month: #wildfire #impacts on #stream #ecosystems #WomenInSTEM
16 Jan, 11 AM ET
Xingyuan Chen + Alison Appling
Join us for two short talks & a lively Q&A
Register here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
16 Jan, 11 AM ET
Xingyuan Chen + Alison Appling
Join us for two short talks & a lively Q&A
Register here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
January 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🧪⚒️Join us online for the 1st #WARR of 2025. This month: #wildfire #impacts on #stream #ecosystems #WomenInSTEM
16 Jan, 11 AM ET
Xingyuan Chen + Alison Appling
Join us for two short talks & a lively Q&A
Register here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
16 Jan, 11 AM ET
Xingyuan Chen + Alison Appling
Join us for two short talks & a lively Q&A
Register here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
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We're hiring a Research Assistant/Associate to join the team @UniofNewcastle!
They will work on the development of a weather generator to downscale climate projections over the UK and Ireland.
More details and apply here: https://buff.ly/40iYRsX
📅 Deadline: 2nd Feb 2025
They will work on the development of a weather generator to downscale climate projections over the UK and Ireland.
More details and apply here: https://buff.ly/40iYRsX
📅 Deadline: 2nd Feb 2025
Research Assistant/Associate Weather Generator
Research Assistant/Associate Weather Generator
buff.ly
January 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We're hiring a Research Assistant/Associate to join the team @UniofNewcastle!
They will work on the development of a weather generator to downscale climate projections over the UK and Ireland.
More details and apply here: https://buff.ly/40iYRsX
📅 Deadline: 2nd Feb 2025
They will work on the development of a weather generator to downscale climate projections over the UK and Ireland.
More details and apply here: https://buff.ly/40iYRsX
📅 Deadline: 2nd Feb 2025
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And here it starts....the first light pushing inwards, seeding the new summer to come. It's beautiful, this day we connect to people 5000 years ago. No other profession can say that. It's why archaeologist4lyfe.darkbess can only come in so far. Then light wins.
BLESSED SOLSTICE .
BLESSED SOLSTICE .
December 21, 2024 at 9:14 AM
And here it starts....the first light pushing inwards, seeding the new summer to come. It's beautiful, this day we connect to people 5000 years ago. No other profession can say that. It's why archaeologist4lyfe.darkbess can only come in so far. Then light wins.
BLESSED SOLSTICE .
BLESSED SOLSTICE .
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We are poking the sleeping bear of permafrost thaw with a short stick.
Last year in the Arctic Circle was the 2nd warmest since 1900. The nine warmest years have been the last nine years.
The Arctic tundra is now a net emitter of greenhouse gases, not a sink.
Last year in the Arctic Circle was the 2nd warmest since 1900. The nine warmest years have been the last nine years.
The Arctic tundra is now a net emitter of greenhouse gases, not a sink.
December 11, 2024 at 8:03 PM
We are poking the sleeping bear of permafrost thaw with a short stick.
Last year in the Arctic Circle was the 2nd warmest since 1900. The nine warmest years have been the last nine years.
The Arctic tundra is now a net emitter of greenhouse gases, not a sink.
Last year in the Arctic Circle was the 2nd warmest since 1900. The nine warmest years have been the last nine years.
The Arctic tundra is now a net emitter of greenhouse gases, not a sink.
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Great news, but what took them so long? A true Irish art
“The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritages around the world…
It is the fifth Irish cultural practice added to the list following hurling, uilleann piping, Irish harping and Irish falconry.”
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
It is the fifth Irish cultural practice added to the list following hurling, uilleann piping, Irish harping and Irish falconry.”
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Irish dry stone wall construction added to UNESCO list
The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritages around the world.
www.rte.ie
December 5, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Great news, but what took them so long? A true Irish art
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Check out our latest newsletter for research highlights from
Tim Baxter, Matthew Fox & Jin-Gen Dai, updates from our new president and sub-committees and to find out how to enter our newly defined art competition - which you can now enter on bluesky! #BSGAC24 geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/... 🏔️🪨
Tim Baxter, Matthew Fox & Jin-Gen Dai, updates from our new president and sub-committees and to find out how to enter our newly defined art competition - which you can now enter on bluesky! #BSGAC24 geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/... 🏔️🪨
November 27, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Check out our latest newsletter for research highlights from
Tim Baxter, Matthew Fox & Jin-Gen Dai, updates from our new president and sub-committees and to find out how to enter our newly defined art competition - which you can now enter on bluesky! #BSGAC24 geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/... 🏔️🪨
Tim Baxter, Matthew Fox & Jin-Gen Dai, updates from our new president and sub-committees and to find out how to enter our newly defined art competition - which you can now enter on bluesky! #BSGAC24 geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/... 🏔️🪨
Beautiful weather yesterday to assess the geomorphic response of soft cliffs on Ireland’s east coast to #StormBert
November 27, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Beautiful weather yesterday to assess the geomorphic response of soft cliffs on Ireland’s east coast to #StormBert
Our Nature Based Solutions for Floods are in action today during #StormBert . Iv'e posted a short blog here: tinyurl.com/26dytdxe
November 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Our Nature Based Solutions for Floods are in action today during #StormBert . Iv'e posted a short blog here: tinyurl.com/26dytdxe
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Just one example of what Farming For Nature has to teach the rest of us.
Sinead Moran from Gleann Bui Farm near Knock, Co Mayo shared this and more wisdom on Countrywide yesterday.
Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
Sinead Moran from Gleann Bui Farm near Knock, Co Mayo shared this and more wisdom on Countrywide yesterday.
Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
Farming For Nature
Mayo farmer Sinéad Moran, one of the earlier ambassadors of the Farming For Nature scheme, speaks about what she has learned and how the scheme helped her business. And we look at the new handbook by ...
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November 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Just one example of what Farming For Nature has to teach the rest of us.
Sinead Moran from Gleann Bui Farm near Knock, Co Mayo shared this and more wisdom on Countrywide yesterday.
Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
Sinead Moran from Gleann Bui Farm near Knock, Co Mayo shared this and more wisdom on Countrywide yesterday.
Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
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An ERA5 animation showing the unprecedented November 2024 Typhoon outbreak in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Just incredible.
Just incredible.
November 21, 2024 at 7:23 PM
An ERA5 animation showing the unprecedented November 2024 Typhoon outbreak in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Just incredible.
Just incredible.
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#Hydrology and #geomorphology can help us better understand environmental suitability for #malaria transmission. I’m excited to give this BSG seminar in two weeks with examples of our research from the last decade. That pic of me itself is at least a decade old 😂
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 AM
#Hydrology and #geomorphology can help us better understand environmental suitability for #malaria transmission. I’m excited to give this BSG seminar in two weeks with examples of our research from the last decade. That pic of me itself is at least a decade old 😂
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Thinking of heading to #Pages2025 7th Open Science Meeting, Shanghai? Have an interest in all things windy? 💨
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
November 18, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Thinking of heading to #Pages2025 7th Open Science Meeting, Shanghai? Have an interest in all things windy? 💨
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
Session 17 might be the one for you
Abstract deadline is approaching Dec 1st, 2024
www.pages2025.org.cn/Data/List/Se...
#aeolian #eolian #drylands #landscape #geomorphology #Quaternary
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Have a listen to the back catalogue of my weekly radio slot, Nature File on RTE lyric fm, exploring the lesser known realms of nature in Ireland, each 7 mins long.
Described by @hannahdaly.bsky.social as "a lovely & accessible celebration of Ireland's nature"
www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
Described by @hannahdaly.bsky.social as "a lovely & accessible celebration of Ireland's nature"
www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
Naturefile - RTÉ Podcasts
Naturefile is a celebratory journey to the lesser-known realms of nature in Ireland with Anja Murray. With surprising stories uncovered each week, about everything from lichens to trees, Swallows to S...
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November 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Have a listen to the back catalogue of my weekly radio slot, Nature File on RTE lyric fm, exploring the lesser known realms of nature in Ireland, each 7 mins long.
Described by @hannahdaly.bsky.social as "a lovely & accessible celebration of Ireland's nature"
www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
Described by @hannahdaly.bsky.social as "a lovely & accessible celebration of Ireland's nature"
www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
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I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.