Claire Deasy
@clairefdeasy.bsky.social
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The NPWS Grants for Small Recording Projects aim to support volunteer naturalists and recording groups in Ireland. The 2025 call is now open for applications! www.npws.ie/news/npws-gr... @npwsireland.bsky.social
NPWS Grants for Small Recording Projects 2025 | National Parks & Wildlife Service
www.npws.ie
March 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The NPWS Grants for Small Recording Projects aim to support volunteer naturalists and recording groups in Ireland. The 2025 call is now open for applications! www.npws.ie/news/npws-gr... @npwsireland.bsky.social
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Reposted by Claire Deasy
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
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Listen back to this radio piece on @rteradio1.bsky.social
on our wonderful lagoons and how they are being destroyed by pollution.
"We're using nitrogen and phosphorous like snuff at a wake." "pretty staggering the quantities that are going in" & "staying there".
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
on our wonderful lagoons and how they are being destroyed by pollution.
"We're using nitrogen and phosphorous like snuff at a wake." "pretty staggering the quantities that are going in" & "staying there".
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Ireland’s best and least-explored lagoons
Ecologists Brendan O’Connor and Cilian Roden
www.rte.ie
February 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Listen back to this radio piece on @rteradio1.bsky.social
on our wonderful lagoons and how they are being destroyed by pollution.
"We're using nitrogen and phosphorous like snuff at a wake." "pretty staggering the quantities that are going in" & "staying there".
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
on our wonderful lagoons and how they are being destroyed by pollution.
"We're using nitrogen and phosphorous like snuff at a wake." "pretty staggering the quantities that are going in" & "staying there".
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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I feel civilisation has hit a new low, when the richest person alive attempts to shut down one of the world’s largest aid organisations.
February 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I feel civilisation has hit a new low, when the richest person alive attempts to shut down one of the world’s largest aid organisations.
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Hard to believe this was 16 years ago! My first fin whale dissection, with Joy Reidenberg in the teeth of a gale in West Cork. An incredible two days, learning from the best.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hard to believe this was 16 years ago! My first fin whale dissection, with Joy Reidenberg in the teeth of a gale in West Cork. An incredible two days, learning from the best.
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Reposted by Claire Deasy
The International Energy Agency warned last month that the global LNG markets are heading towards an unprecedented glut of gas supply that wd be inconsistent with keeping global temperatures from rising over 2.4C (36.32F) above pre-industrialised levels www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects
New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:38 AM
The International Energy Agency warned last month that the global LNG markets are heading towards an unprecedented glut of gas supply that wd be inconsistent with keeping global temperatures from rising over 2.4C (36.32F) above pre-industrialised levels www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers
Ahead of tomorrow's snap election, dairy producers tell Irish government to step off the 'treadmill' of unsustainable milk production – and share a more holistic vision.
📝 @phoebecooke.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2024/11/28/n...
Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers
Ahead of tomorrow's snap election, dairy producers tell Irish government to step off the 'treadmill' of unsustainable milk production – and share a more holistic vision.
📝 @phoebecooke.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2024/11/28/n...
Nitrates Derogation is a 'Con', Says Ireland's Farmers
Smallholders are calling on the EU to scrap Ireland’s nitrates derogation, arguing that pollution of the air, waterways and soil is causing havoc to the land and their livelihoods. Ahead of a snap gen...
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers
Ahead of tomorrow's snap election, dairy producers tell Irish government to step off the 'treadmill' of unsustainable milk production – and share a more holistic vision.
📝 @phoebecooke.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2024/11/28/n...
Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers
Ahead of tomorrow's snap election, dairy producers tell Irish government to step off the 'treadmill' of unsustainable milk production – and share a more holistic vision.
📝 @phoebecooke.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2024/11/28/n...
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When I'm feeling at a low ebb and a bit burned out, Tim Robinson's writing is a good restorative. And his maps of the Burren, Connemara and the Aran Islands are just magic.
Always loved this quote by him:
"Irish placenames dry out when anglicised, like twigs snapped off from the tree".
Always loved this quote by him:
"Irish placenames dry out when anglicised, like twigs snapped off from the tree".
November 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
When I'm feeling at a low ebb and a bit burned out, Tim Robinson's writing is a good restorative. And his maps of the Burren, Connemara and the Aran Islands are just magic.
Always loved this quote by him:
"Irish placenames dry out when anglicised, like twigs snapped off from the tree".
Always loved this quote by him:
"Irish placenames dry out when anglicised, like twigs snapped off from the tree".
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Hay Meadow decline in Ireland.
When?
CSO say 864,000 ha was lost between 1986 and 1991!
69% in 4-5 years!
From 1.258 million hectares to 394,000 hectares!
Out of nowhere Grass Silage rockets!
The latest 2023 figures puts Hay at 107,000 ha, 91% loss from 1986
Silage was 1.104 million ha in 2023
When?
CSO say 864,000 ha was lost between 1986 and 1991!
69% in 4-5 years!
From 1.258 million hectares to 394,000 hectares!
Out of nowhere Grass Silage rockets!
The latest 2023 figures puts Hay at 107,000 ha, 91% loss from 1986
Silage was 1.104 million ha in 2023
November 25, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Hay Meadow decline in Ireland.
When?
CSO say 864,000 ha was lost between 1986 and 1991!
69% in 4-5 years!
From 1.258 million hectares to 394,000 hectares!
Out of nowhere Grass Silage rockets!
The latest 2023 figures puts Hay at 107,000 ha, 91% loss from 1986
Silage was 1.104 million ha in 2023
When?
CSO say 864,000 ha was lost between 1986 and 1991!
69% in 4-5 years!
From 1.258 million hectares to 394,000 hectares!
Out of nowhere Grass Silage rockets!
The latest 2023 figures puts Hay at 107,000 ha, 91% loss from 1986
Silage was 1.104 million ha in 2023