Excellent thread on the unprecedented ecological collapse of #LoughNeagh presenting a major environmental and public health risk 👇

Water flowing off degraded peatlands south of An Fál Carrach flows into the aquamarine waters of the North Atlantic

Researchers at University of Vermont employ turbidity-discharge #hysteresis to investigate the urbanization and #SuspendedSediment transport dynamics in watersheds and provide a conceptual framework for better management strategies. ACS ES&T Water: go.acs.org/asg

Congratulations to Darragh Murphy on successfully defending his PhD thesis on #NaturebasedSolutions for flooding and water quality today!! Thanks to examiners Prof Laurence Gill (Trinity Civil Engineering) and Dr Deirdre Hennessy Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC SloWaters Ireland EPA Research News

🌧️Can we harness the power of nature to help tackle flooding? Kathriona Devereux meets Darragh Murphy to talk SloWaters Ireland in the upcoming series of 10ThingstoKnowAbout 👀 EPA Research News UCC Research New Decade TV Teagasc Met Éireann @scienceirel EPA Ireland HEA

🚨PhD Opportunities!🚨 Two #PhD positions available focusing on deer in Ireland 🦌 Applications open until 13th September!

It's that time of the year again where we welcome a new cohort of MSc Applied Environmental Geoscience students to UCC Ireland grand day for it ☀️ Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC SEFS@UCC IGI IAH Ireland Geological Survey IE #STEMEducation #Geoscience

Tributary dams across eastern Czech Republic have started releasing large volumes of water to bring reservoir levels down to create storage for what could become one of the worst flooding events in Central Europe’s modern history.

‘Hope comes from climate action, everyone has a role to play’ Ahead of the return of climate change series #Heated RTÉ One, Dr Michelle McKeown Michelle McKeown shares why it’s more important than ever to inspire collective hope and action. Read: bit.ly/UCCHC24

'Ireland is not prepared for extreme weather events. We are not prepared for what is coming down the line.' Dr Michelle McKeown Michelle McKeown addresses the cause of deadly floods in Spain and high intensity rainfall events in Ireland. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Was delighted to talk about my research on the use of nature-based solutions for flooding and water quality with the fine people at 10ThingstoKnowAbout. Have a look on the RTE player Special thanks to Kathriona Devereux, EPA Research News, Dr Mary Bourke @megafloods.bsky.social rte.ie/player/series/…

New publication! Thanks to all co-authors and big thanks to Dr Mary Bourke @megafloods.bsky.social, Mark Wilkinson and Paul Quinn at the Hutton Institute. Thanks also to EPA Research News and Office of Public Works for research support.

In the little market town of Bentham, people used to let their children play in firefighting foam that spilled out of the Angus Fibre plant onto the streets, little knowing it was laden with PFOS, a chemical now globally banned due to harm to health. 🧵

📢 Call for Abstracts! The 2025 IAH Conference on Groundwater & Geotechnics is happening April 15-16 in Tullamore! We’re accepting talk & poster submissions—email [email protected]. Registration opens soon! #IAH2025 #Hydrogeology #Geotechnics #Groundwater

Ads are now live for two new tenure track positions in Geology School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin: - Assistant Professor in Palaeontology - Assistant in Hydrogeology and/or Crustal Fluid Flow Please forward to interested applicants! Full details available here: tcd.ie/naturalscience…

Thanks to EPA Research News for funding this research into dissolved organic matter fluorescence and disinfection byproduct formation in #drinkingwater catchments. Final project report published below! UCC Research Sustainability Institute Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC EPA Catchments

Great to see the latest GSI Groundwater & Geothermal Unit geothermal exploration borehole cores, drilling rig and downhole equipment today at Cork Airport where temperatures of 22.5°C were encountered at 1000 m depth in the Old Red Sandstone of the Munster Basin. #decarbonisation #geothermal #cork

Ireland's Ash trees are fighting for survival At Bevans’ Wood, healthy wild individuals have room to spread their seeds — rolling the evolutionary dice. We need nature reserves like this, where the future of a species might just begin. #AshDieback #Rewilding #NaturalRegeneration

💧 “The choice isn’t between farms & the environment; it’s between planning & paying.” Dr. Jenny Lawler, DCU Water Institute shares in the Irish Examiner. Read more👉 irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen… #WaterQuality #DCUWaterInstituteAt10 #DCU #Ireland

I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.