Set myself a goal to read top ten on US libraries banned list this summer as listed in www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... So far totally engrossing. Great reads.. Sold, by Patricia McCormick And The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky #bookrecommendations

US saw record high of 5,668 books banned in libraries in 2025, says agency

Most-banned book was Sold, a 2006 novel by Patricia McCormick about sex trafficking in India

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Love games set in #Ireland? Love games made by an #Irish studio with an Irish voice cast? Our game Eyes of Hellfire has been nominated for Best Art Direction at the Horror Game Awards! It's a public vote and today is the last day for voting 😄 www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...

PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards

The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...

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Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh

Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern

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Delighted to have worked on this with all my wonderful @gleonetwork.bsky.social colleagues Diel variation in CO2 flux is substantial in many lakes - de Eyto et al Limnology and Oceanography Letters - Wiley Online Library aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Oregon: Just months after the historic removal of four major dams on the Klamath River, scientists and tribal leaders are stunned by what they’re seeing—salmon are returning in far greater numbers, and much faster, than anyone expected. www.activenorcal.com/salmon-are-s...

Salmon Are Surging Far Beyond Expectations After Klamath River Dam Removal

Just months after the historic removal of four major dams on the Klamath River, scientists and tribal leaders are stunned by what they’re seeing—salmon are returning in far greater numbers, and much f...

activenorcal.com

#IrishBookWeek Today we’re celebrating Irish-language publishing by sharing one of our favourite: Dúchan (RIA, 2025). A curated selection of extracts from the notebooks of Gaeltacht writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain. The text is brought to life by the artwork of Inis Mór visual artist Seán Ó Flaithearta.

Grateful to be part of this synthesis, led by Clément Duvert and Nick Marzolf. Nice to see this paper is finally out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Hydroclimate and landscape diversity drive highly variable greenhouse gas emissions from tropical and subtropical inland waters - Nature Water

This meta-analysis assesses the rates and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions from flowing and standing (sub)tropical inland waters, finding that emissions are lower than previous estimates. Considera...

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New publication on the impressive BIOPOLE project, on nutrient export in the poles: riojournal.com/article/1637... #UKCEH_AquaEco 🧪💦

BIOPOLE - Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts

The export of elements (particularly carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus) from the Poles critically supports global marine biodiversity and major fisheries as well as the sequestration of atmospheric carb...

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"Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs." Some honest commentary from Prof. John Sweeney: has the IE Climate Advisory Council abandoned global climate justice? Do politicians- and citizens - support that? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

John Sweeney: Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs

We in Ireland are disproportionately contributing to the climate disasters of the present and future beyond our shores

irishtimes.com

Former Irish President (and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) says it is her view that genocide is being committed by Israel - she’s called for sanctions and a suspension of arms trade with Israel. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Even though it's windy, there are lots of damselflies (here, an azure) about by Lancaster canal #UKwildlife #insect #freshwater #damselfly

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth." No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...

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Congratulations to the new Dr Truls Hansson on completion of his joint degree with the MANTEL ITN!

Early photo of #Newgrange, 1892 pre restoration taken by George Coffey and covered in a thick scrub of trees and bushes. ##Wintersolstice

DOM summer school - Please share! Opportunity for early/mid PhD students. Application form: doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/ku... Applications will be open in the first instance until 31st January 2025. Venue for the summer school: www.gu.se/en/tjarno Please send questions to jeffrey.hawkes@kemi.uu.se

Discover how researchers harmonized nutrient-related datasets to create a groundbreaking tool for tracking nutrient fluxes and pinpointing areas most in need of action! Don’t miss this webinar—register now: asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Phosphorus #PhosphorusRemediation

Permafrost contains 50% of all the soil carbon found on Earth (upper 3 meters). We need to keep that carbon in the ground. Fast permafrost facts to kick off the Permafrost Carbon Network meeting.

#artAdventCalendar Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 🧵

The lakes on our island are treasures in urgent need of protection “Clearly, lake habitats in Ireland are quickly degrading”…”we must expect to lose our extensive lake ecosystems in the twenty-first century unless we rapidly reduce our impact on nature.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The lakes on our island are treasures in urgent need of protection

Ella McSweeney: Without radical and urgent changes in how we use the land, the future of our most distinctive lakes is bleak

irishtimes.com

Huge thanks to Trinity College Dublin Dept Engineering for use of the stunning Museum Building last night for our book launch Lake in Ireland - Mirrorsof Change 👏👏

Are you interested in the history, geography, biology and sociology of lakes in Ireland? Take a look at our new book, with contributions from 52 people working in the area, and edited by @cathdalt.bsky.social and @ejen.bsky.social #OpenAccess link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️💦🌊🐟🦆🦟🪲

Catherine Dalton@cathdalt.bsky.social · 2y ago

New OPEN ACCESS book on Lakes in Ireland hdl.handle.net/10793/1973 @epaireland.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social@aicbrn.bsky.social @marineinst.bsky.social @caugustenborg.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social #lakesinireland

DATA CALL - DEADLINE APPROACHING We want to add new sites to our European longtime series database of freshwater biodiversity (see doi.org/10.1038/s415...) To contribute check the link with all the details of the data call www.senckenberg.de/en/call-for-... Thank you very much! #freshwaterecology

"Climate action is no longer the burden of one party — it is a shared responsibility that must transcend election cycles." - My take on #GE24 in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Comment: Kamikaze Green Party sacrificed itself for climate goals

There is much talk that climate was not a priority issue in this election. However, much has changed in the political landscape since 2020, writes Cara Augustenborg

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The @ukceh.bsky.social is offering a training course on freshwater phytoplankton identification. Check it out.... #freshwater #plankton #algae #taxonomy 🧪💦🦠 www.ceh.ac.uk/training/fre...

Freshwater phytoplankton identification

This  course will give you experience with various methods for sampling and analysing freshwater algae. You will have practice and gain more knowledge about microscopic identification. Students: £799 ...

ceh.ac.uk

🌊 Why is the North Atlantic Cooling? A @natureportfolio.bsky.social study uncovers how a cold patch in the North Atlantic - despite global warming - feeds itself by influencing wind patterns. Could this reshape our understanding of climate change? 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🧪

A positive atmospheric feedback on the North Atlantic warming hole - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - A positive atmospheric feedback on the North Atlantic warming hole

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A great buzz @quaternaryirl.bsky.social Annual Autumn Symposium on Peatlands in #GeologicalSurveyIreland today. Lectures wide ranging & informative. Well done to IQUA organisers & thanks to #GSI for hosting

@gerali.bsky.social Hi Ali, nice to see you in the Blue Heaven 💪

You are seeing the yearly evolution of the average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic since 1980. Climate Pulse makes it easy for anyone to explore daily, monthly & yearly global surface air & sea surface temperature data. Our guide: climate.copernicus.eu/climate-puls...

New paper from Sofia La Fuente et al. '𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲'. Our results indicate that average evaporation rates from 23 European #lakes and reservoirs are expected to increase by 42% under RCP8.5. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great photo @mudswoman.bsky.social and congrats on your own chapter in the book 😀we are SO excited about the book. biggest thanks go to lake queen Catherine Dalton who drove the whole project forward so expertly 👏

Cathy Delaney@mudswoman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Delighted to see new book 'Lakes in Ireland - Mirrors of Change', edited by Catherine Dalton, @edeeyto.bsky.social and Eleanor Jennings now available on open access at oar.marine.ie/handle/10793.... Congrats to the editors!