Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting my ongoing research on ‘Impacts of #heat and cold waves in Ireland’ at the 24th International Congress of #Biometeorology (ICB) organised by the @biometeorology.bsky.social and hosted at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia.

Earlier this month, I was honoured to have been awarded the Emerging Communicator Award by the @rmets.org in recognition of outstanding contributions to outreach and communication activities. Thank you to everyone who has supported me. #scicomm #sciencecommunication #outreach #publicengagement

On June 17th, I will be at Craicacademia to talk about #climatechange and extreme weather events. 🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/craicademi... 📍Rascals Brewing Company, Dublin 8. I hope to see you there! #scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement @maynoothuniversity.ie

Are you attending the @egu.eu EGU General Assembly #EGU26 this week? It would be great to connect and catch up! I will be delivering two oral presentations on: 🌍 Monday: ‘Prison talks: bringing #climate change conversations into the Irish prisons’. 11:45–11:55 (CEST), Room D3, session EOS1.1.

Are you working on #climate monitoring: data rescue, management, quality and homogenization and attending the EMS Annual Meeting in 2026? I am a co-convenor of the session OSA3.1 Climate monitoring: data rescue, management, quality and homogenization: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EMS2026/sess...

🌧️Return-periods for extreme #rainfall events will shorten significantly. Events of a given intensity that were rare in the past will be much more #frequent in future, while events with a given return period will be much more #intense. 📖Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...

I am looking for an undergraduate student to work with me for 6 weeks over the summer on the project ‘Recovering historical #meteorological observations from newspapers to analyse past extreme #weather events in Ireland’ as part of the SPUR programme: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynoo...

A short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland. Dr Carla Mateus of the Department of Geography and ICARUS brings us from frosty 1338 to the epic snow of 2010 https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/short-history-extreme-weather-events-christmas-ireland

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From frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010, fierce weather conditions often hit Ireland over Christmas, writes Dr Carla Mateus of the Department of Geography and ICARUS. It is Christmas time, and you are probably staying up to date with the latest weathe...

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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: a short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland. @carlapmateus.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie looks back at fierce weather events, from frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland

From frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010, fierce weather conditions often hit Ireland over Christmas

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A short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland. @carlapmateus.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie looks back at fierce Irish Christmas weather events, from frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland

From frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010, fierce weather conditions often hit Ireland over Christmas

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A short history of destructive Irish storms 🌧️ We can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms, writes Dr Carla Mateus of ICARUS and the Department of Geography. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

A short history of destructive Irish storms. @carlapmateus.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie looks back at centuries of major storms in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A short history of destructive Irish storms

We can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms

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I was delighted to present my research on ‘Long-term trends and impacts of heat waves and cold waves in Ireland’ and the recovery of the rich heritage of historical Irish meteorological observations from archives at the ACRE 2025: Climate Data Recovery Meeting at Singapore Management University.

I am extremely honoured to become a Fellow of the @rmets.org in recognition of my contributions to #meteorology 🌍🌡️ in: · Promotion of Meteorology · Public education and outreach · Research and development · Service to RMetS · Professional work · Teaching · Publications

Thank you to the Solco W. Tromp Foundation for awarding me a Tromp Foundation Travel Award to Young Scientists to present my research on ‘Impacts of heat waves and cold waves in Ireland derived from documentary sources’ at the European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Ljubljana.

To Portuguese language speakers: I am delighted to have written a Geoflash article for the Portuguese Association of Geographers🌍on the importance of historical meteorological observations in assessing extreme weather events🌡️☀️. You can read the short article here: apgeo.pt/alteracoes-c...

It was great to talk about Portuguese History, culture, society, economy, geography and tourism with David McWilliams @davidmcwecon.bsky.social, Afonso Cruz and Oisín Ó Cuill at the Dalkey Book Festival! #DBF2025 We had excellent engagement and questions from the public!

I am honoured to meet and be hosted by His Excellency Bernardo de Lucena, Ambassador of Portugal to Ireland, as part of a reception to celebrate Portugal Day (Portugal, Camões, and Portuguese Communities Day).

The Dalkey Book Festival is from the 12th to the 15th of June. Join us! I am delighted to discuss Portuguese culture on a panel ‘Portugal, the new European Tiger’ on Saturday, the 14th!

Thank you to the @ria.ie for inviting me to deliver a lecture on 'Historical early meteorological observations from Ireland in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy (1783-1854)'. I was delighted to curate the exhibition 'Weathered pages: unveiling the past through meteorological records'.

Please book free tickets to attend: 🎤The lecture: www.ria.ie/events/histo... 📖The exposition: www.ria.ie/events/libra... @ria.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie

Tickets for a lecture by Dr Mateus and tours of the exhibition are available: www.ria.ie/events/histo... @carlapmateus.bsky.social

Are you interested in historical meteorological observations and climate change? I will be delivering a public lecture 'Historical early meteorological observations from Ireland in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy (1783 – 1854)' at the @ria.ie on the 22nd of May. @maynoothuniversity.ie

Dr Carla Mateus from the Dept of Geography examines the short history of extreme weather events around #StPatricksDay in Ireland. Historical reports tell us it was a day which often featured intense cold, torrential rain, thunderstorms and the odd tornado.☔ www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

A short history of extreme weather events around St Patrick's Day. Historical reports tell us it was a day which often featured intense cold, torrential rain, thunderstorms and the odd tornado, writes @carlapmateus.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A short history of extreme weather events around St Patrick's Day

Historical reports tell us it was a day which often featured intense cold, torrential rain, thunderstorms and the odd tornado

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