This year our GY313 climate change course assessment was changed up by course convener Dr. Conor Murphy, supported by PhD candidate Ciara Ryan and postdoctoral researchers Dr. Catriona Duffy and Dr. Ciaran Broderick. Inspired by the ACRE conference hosted last year at Maynooth University and working in partnership with Met Eireann the students of GY313 successfully double-key transcribed in excess of 1400 years of early irish daily precipitation records. Ciara Ryan led the production of a poster highlighting the innovative participatory research Coursework Assessment and presented it at the meeting of the European Geosciences Union. The World Meteorological Organization found out about the poster and has integrated it into a new page highlighting global data rescue activities as an example of best practice . Papers describing both the approach and the rescued data are in preparation. The students of GY313 have left a lasting legacy that shall be to the great benefit of Irish research and, ultimately, Irish society. Chapeau to both the staff involved and the students of GY313.
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MU scientist leads new Atlantic climate project
Dr Gerard McCarthy of Maynooth University’s climate research unit ICARUS and the Department of Geography has been appointed as co-chair of a new initiative which aims to deliver an updated climate assessment of the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation system.
Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Where did all the historical Irish weather records go?
Hidden and lost weather observations contain hugely valuable information about historical climate variability and changes, write Kevin Healion, Dr Simon Noone, Dr David Smyth and Prof Peter Thorne of ICARUS, Met Éireann's Ciara Ryan and Prof Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading.
Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Professor Jennie Stephens from ICARUS at Maynooth University calls for policy alignment and climate justice in Ireland's climate approach.
Rather than constantly striving for expansion, economic growth and the accumulation of wealth, a commitment to climate justice would centre fairness and equity
Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
MU scientist leads new Atlantic climate project
Dr Gerard McCarthy of Maynooth University’s climate research unit ICARUS and the Department of Geography has been appointed as co-chair of a new initiative which aims to deliver an updated climate assessment of the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation system.
Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025
MSc Students - Circus of Climate Horrors - MU Green Week
Maynooth University Climate Change Students Showcase the ‘Circus of Climate Horrors’ at Maynooth University Green Week.
Date: Monday, 09 June 2025
Historical early meteorological observations from Ireland in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy (1783 – 1854)
Dr Carla Mateus, Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at Maynooth University, is giving a public lecture 'Historical early meteorological observations from Ireland in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy (1783 – 1854)' at the Royal Irish Academy from 13:00 - 14:00 on the 22nd of May during National Biodiversity Week.
Date: Thursday, 08 May 2025
'Just Housing' Research Project
The 'Just Housing' research project has been working closely with residents in Cromcastle Court and the Community Action Tenants Union Ireland in Coolock.
Date: Wednesday, 07 May 2025
Prof Jennie Stephens delivers inaugural lecture on climate justice
Prof Jennie Stephens, a leading scholar in climate justice and feminist environmental research, delivered her inaugural lecture at Maynooth University, titled “Climate Justice, Hope and Transformation in a Time of Despair and Disruption".
Date: Thursday, 06 March 2025
MU partners in drone study to shape future urban air mobility
A two-year in-depth study to help prepare Dublin and other European cities for the widespread use of drones in commercial and civic life has been launched today by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, James Lawless.
Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
New study reveals fossil fuel industry’s deep ties to universities
Fossil fuel companies have infiltrated academia and higher education, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action, new research from six universities concludes.
Date: Thursday, 05 September 2024