Dr Claire Bergin
@clairebergin.bsky.social
Working on Climate Attribution Analysis for Ireland,
Climate scientist | Mathematics
Climate scientist | Mathematics
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Human-caused climate change made the warm days experienced this summer nine times more likely, and the warm nights 40 times more likely, according to a new study from climatologists at ICARUS, MU's climate research centre, and Met Éireann.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Human-caused climate change made the warm days experienced this summer nine times more likely, and the warm nights 40 times more likely, according to a new study from climatologists at ICARUS, MU's climate research centre, and Met Éireann.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish
summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
September 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish
summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
Ireland was set for average summer heat but climate change pushed temperature to record high
Ireland was set for average summer heat but climate change pushed temperature to record high
Unusually high night-time temperatures saw June, July and August into the record books
www.irishtimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ireland was set for average summer heat but climate change pushed temperature to record high
Great to see our study featured by RTE.
Great to see coverage of our first full @wasitusie.bsky.social study on RTE (and elsewhere). Kudos @clairebergin.bsky.social and Lionel swan as well as met Éireann colleagues and thanks as ever to @wwattribution.bsky.social for the hugely valuable collaboration www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Record temperatures linked to human-caused climate change
New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-ca...
www.rte.ie
September 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Great to see our study featured by RTE.
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
September 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
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Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...
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One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
August 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
Delighted to see a study I co-authored be highlighted by RTE news
The first rapid attribution analysis on a wildfire in Europe has found that human-caused climate change made the weather conditions that drove deadly fires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer about 22% more intense.
Climate change made wildfires 22% more intense - study
The first rapid attribution analysis on a wildfire in Europe has found that human-caused climate change made the weather conditions that drove deadly fires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer abo...
www.rte.ie
August 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Delighted to see a study I co-authored be highlighted by RTE news
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Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Smoke from large fires over #Albania and #Greece in this Meteosat-12 image from 13 August, as #wildfires rage across the region.
High heat, dry air and high winds have fuelled the flames, leading to evacuations and challenging thousands of firefighters.
Read more at our website: bit.ly/3Utd42A
High heat, dry air and high winds have fuelled the flames, leading to evacuations and challenging thousands of firefighters.
Read more at our website: bit.ly/3Utd42A
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Smoke from large fires over #Albania and #Greece in this Meteosat-12 image from 13 August, as #wildfires rage across the region.
High heat, dry air and high winds have fuelled the flames, leading to evacuations and challenging thousands of firefighters.
Read more at our website: bit.ly/3Utd42A
High heat, dry air and high winds have fuelled the flames, leading to evacuations and challenging thousands of firefighters.
Read more at our website: bit.ly/3Utd42A
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
Climate change made the relentless heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland about 2°C hotter and at least ten times more likely. Our latest study was published this morning.
“This event should be taken as another reminder that no country is safe from climate change” - @frediotto.bsky.social
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“This event should be taken as another reminder that no country is safe from climate change” - @frediotto.bsky.social
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August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Climate change made the relentless heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland about 2°C hotter and at least ten times more likely. Our latest study was published this morning.
“This event should be taken as another reminder that no country is safe from climate change” - @frediotto.bsky.social
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“This event should be taken as another reminder that no country is safe from climate change” - @frediotto.bsky.social
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Check out this interesting article by @wwattribution.bsky.social on the recent Fennoscandia heatwave
Finland and Scandinavia were sweltering under a relentless heatwave a few weeks ago, with local temps exceeding 30C for days on end... @wwattribution.bsky.social found that prolonged high temps like these are twice as likely to happen now as in 2018 -> tinyurl.com/42m7z2uc
Intense two-week heatwave in Fennoscandia hotter and more likely due to climate change – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Check out this interesting article by @wwattribution.bsky.social on the recent Fennoscandia heatwave
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
My book - ClimateINJustice is shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social ! Really happy about this, as it's not traditional conservation writing - but conserving & fighting for us humans & our rights wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...
August 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My book - ClimateINJustice is shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social ! Really happy about this, as it's not traditional conservation writing - but conserving & fighting for us humans & our rights wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...
A short article on our 'mini-heatwave' study has been published by @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. This is the first report by the new @wasitusie.bsky.social project with @peterthorne.bsky.social. Funded by EPA and in conjunction with Met Éireann and @wwattribution.bsky.social
Are hot Irish days worsening due to climate change? A climate attribution study has examined if last month's mini-heatwave can be linked to human-influenced climate change. Analysis by @clairebergin.bsky.social & @peterthorne.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Are hot Irish days worsening due to climate change?
A climate attribution study has found that last month's mini-heatwave can be linked to human-influenced climate change
www.rte.ie
August 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A short article on our 'mini-heatwave' study has been published by @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. This is the first report by the new @wasitusie.bsky.social project with @peterthorne.bsky.social. Funded by EPA and in conjunction with Met Éireann and @wwattribution.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈
Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈
Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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