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Maynooth Geographer Peter Thorne speaks at the Royal Irish Academy at an Information event on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
The Royal Irish Academy will host an Information event on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 6th Assessment Cycle.This meeting aims to notify interested members of Ireland’s research community of upcoming opportunities to engage in the drafting of the Sixth Assessment Report and of the three Special Reports: The Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5°C above Pre-Industrial Levels; Climate Change and Oceans and the Cryosphere; and Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems.
Date: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
Aoife Delaney - Fulbright Studentship
The Department is delighted to be able to share in celebrating the success of Aoife Delaney
Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Scientists foresee sharp rise in deadly heat stress as global temperatures climb
Research shows that even if global warming is limited to as little as 1.5°C (relative to temperatures before the Industrial Revolution), in excess of 350 million more people living in megacities could be exposed to deadly heat episodes on an annual basis.
Date: Monday, 27 March 2017
Dr Conor Murphy working with Irish Water on adapting to climate change
Water is a fragile resource that needs to be protected for the well-being of the citizens of the state.
Date: Friday, 24 March 2017
Geography: Response to media claims of data manipulation in Climate Science
Prof Peter Thorne, Professor in Physical Geography (Climate Change) at Maynooth University in Ireland and Director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS group (ICARUS) reponds to recent media suggesting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States had manipulated data to pressurse world leaders.
Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
Geography in Action
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D. today (Thursday 2 February 2017) visited Maynooth University to launch the process to formulate a new spatial planning framework.
Date: Friday, 03 February 2017
An Taoiseach at Maynooth to launch new national strategy to guide Ireland to 2040
The plan represents a new approach to planning that will enable political, civic, and business leaders to guide our society and economy over the next 25 years.
Date: Thursday, 02 February 2017
Geography: Concerns Global Warming could be worse than originally thought
An international team of researchers, including Peter Thorne, Department of Geography, writing in the Bulletin of the American Meterological Society suggest that global warming may be worse than previously thought.
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Why we may be closer to breaching global warming targets than we thought
Global temperature rise may be closer to the limit recently imposed by world leaders than previously thought, new research has revealed. The major study, which brought together top international climate scientist including researchers from Maynooth University, aimed to provide an improved definition of the ‘pre-industrial’ period to put the temperature rise targets set at the UN Paris Agreement into context.
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2017