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Peter Thorne
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Climate scientist, director ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Ireland, author IPCC AR6, member Ireland's climate change advisory council, Chair GCOS AOPC. www.peter-thorne.net

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Peter William Thorne is a climatologist and professor of physical geography in the Department of Geography, Maynooth University.

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 2h
Google must have finally incorporated AI into Google Maps. How do I know?
It just told me I needed to leave now to be at Dublin Airport by 13:30 now to catch 9am Citylink that arrives in Dublin Airport at 11am. Then I should take the 11:45 Kells bus to Ballymun and walk back one hour to the airport
Google maps telling me to get to Dublin Airport by leaving Dublin airport and walking back an hour and a half to it. #Spéirgorm

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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 15h
Oh, here comes another wave of insanity.

Ukraine is now supposed to surrender in a war it has not lost and willingly ensure its own destruction by Russia because Trump needs to avert a midterm disaster.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h
Amsterdam will ban fossil fuel and meat advertisements in public spaces and on public transport starting May 1st. 🥳
The European city banning all fossil fuel and meat adverts in public
Amsterdam initially proposed the move in 2020, becoming the first city in the world to do so.
www.euronews.com

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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 16h
Latest #workinprogress #oilpainting
An unfinished landscape: predominantly clouds at this point, with a suggestion of land in the foreground. Light and shade gradually developing. Very muted palette of whites, blues, olive and ochre.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
This is what Hess said: “It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 18h
Good morning! Taxing the wealth of the richest 1% of Americans down to the median wealth of the next-richest 9% ($5.2 million per household) would free up $48 trillion. Redistributing that to the poorest 50% of Americans would give *68 million households* an average of *$700k per household*.

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 18h
It's the dead of winter, and California just supplied a peak of 117% of its demand with solar alone and 136% of its demand from WindWaterSolar and over 100% of demand for 6 hours.

Gas output down 58% and batteries output up 303% in 2025 v '2023

Solar+batteries replacing gas

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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 1d
Nature and climate funding must now be articulated as infrastructure: as essential to food systems, public health, energy stability and geopolitical resilience. In security terms, biodiversity is not sentimental, it is strategic.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability
The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one
www.irishtimes.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com

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Jonas Geschke @jgeschke.bsky.social · 1d
It is done, the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment is agreed! 👏

And the #IPBES12 closing plenary starting in about 11 hours from now. Time for translations.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d
Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. malagaldia.es/2026/02/06/g...
Grazalema sufrió el segundo día más lluvioso jamás registrado en España, según la Aemet - malagaldia.es
La Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) activó el aviso rojo -peligro extraordinario- el miércoles por lluvias muy abundantes en zonas de Cádiz (Grazalema
malagaldia.es

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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · 1d
Dublin's deputy lord mayor says bus lanes not needed at weekends as he doesn't see congestion but claims bus lanes add to weekend traffic irishcycle.com/2026/01/22/d...
Dublin’s deputy lord mayor says bus lanes not needed at weekends as he doesn’t see congestion but claims bus lanes add to weekend traffic
Dublin City’s deputy lord mayor has said that the operating hours of 24/7 bus lanes should be reduced because they are not needed on weekends, as he doesn’t see congestion then, but in …
irishcycle.com

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Stacy D. VanDeveer

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Mikael Karlsson @mikaelkarlsson.bsky.social · 1d
Deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) bring randomly selected citizens together to learn, deliberate, and advise on sustainability policy.

In this new article in Sustainability Science, we discuss how DMPs could improve relations between science, publics and politics.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What role for deliberative minipublics in sustainability transformations? An emerging topic for sustainability science - Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science - Democracies struggle to translate sustainability science, and public concern into sufficiently transformative actions. Ongoing polarization, politicization and...
link.springer.com

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 1d
The rainbow got better
Rainbow over the Irish Sea

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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 1d
A look at the Coolglass ruling with input from @orlakelleher.bsky.social @lnbdublin.bsky.social @oisincoghlan.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Supreme Court ruling on wind farms requires all public bodies to consider climate impacts
Judgment states public bodies must try to act in line with national climate targets
www.irishtimes.com

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 1d
North wales looking a little soggy
Rainbow behind flooded fields from the train to Birmingham Stopping at Liam Dutton’s favourite train station on Anglesey

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 2d
“You don’t treat a flood where it ends up, you treat it where it starts. Upstream at the top of the catchment”

How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Flood Prevention
Is the way we are farming partly responsible for flooding, and what changes might decrease damage in the future? Geomorphologist Prof Mary Bourke. Sligo Farmers Eddie Davitt and Joe Leonard. Farming F...
www.rte.ie

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Killian Hurley @killianhurley.bsky.social · 2d
What can be done about this?

Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.

Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 2d
Bollards save lives. End of story.
#WorldBollardAssociation

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 2d
I'm just disappointed that the headline writer didn't use some riff on well I have walked 6000 kms and I will walk 500 more. A missed opportunity that will haunt them for the rest of their lives

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d
A Mayo man has completed a 6,000km barefoot walk from Istanbul to west Kerry
Mayo man walks 6,000km barefoot from Istanbul to Kerry
A Mayo man has completed a 6,000km barefoot walk from Istanbul to west Kerry.
www.rte.ie

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StephDickenson.bsky.social @stephdickenson.bsky.social · 2d
“In a trenchantly worded report, the Joint Committee bluntly criticises the Government for insufficient effort, delayed implementation, lack of clarity, & planning deficits across the breadth of the Coalition’s climate change policies.”

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Thirty obstacles to meeting climate targets identified by all-party committee
Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications
www.irishtimes.com

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 2d
Solar farms with big batteries that feed in to the grid in the evening peak are coming online. This is really, really bad news for fossil fuel generators reneweconomy.com.au/first-solar-...
First solar-battery hybrid sends power into evening peak, heralding radical changes for Australia's main grid
The first solar-battery hybrid has begun sending power into Australia's main grid in the evening. Dozens of bigger projects are will follow, changing the game for old fossils.
reneweconomy.com.au

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 2d
Re: Science Mag editorial celebrating mainly the inside/quiet advocacy done this year, I offer this in lighthearted response. 🧪

This is a Myanmar woman doing her usual, longstanding dance routine while black cars speed by to carry out a coup. 1/4

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 2d
Not a big beautiful model, the best model the world has ever seen?

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Nature @nature.com · 2d
Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.

go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
go.nature.com

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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 2d
Read Section 5.2.

You will not be disappointed.

I swear it.

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Critical insights into eutectic molten hydroxide electrolysis for sustainable green hydrogen production
In addressing global energy demands, the focus on hydrogen gas production from renewable sources intensifies. This research review investigates hydrogen production via steam splitting using eutectic m...
pubs.rsc.org

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 2d
“My sense is that the Supreme Court has reigned in the High Court’s interpretation of Section 15 somewhat, but it’s clear that Section 15 still has a lot of bite,” - Dr Orla Kelleher @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Supreme Court ruling on wind farms requires all public bodies to consider climate impacts
Judgment states public bodies must try to act in line with national climate targets
www.irishtimes.com

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 2d
Jack Chambers should be put into a cannon and shot off Roche's Point into the Atlantic.

www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
'Paralysis from culture of judicial reviews’ a ‘major issue’ in progression of flood relief schemes
‘Certain resident associations brought judicial review proceedings against flood relief schemes in communities that have been flooded in recent days,’ said Jack Chambers.
www.thejournal.ie

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Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 3d
Breaking: Helsinki, Finland, has just recorded its lowest sea level on record, as a cold easterly flow and strong high pressure have pushed water out of the Baltic Sea.

The observed minimum this morning was −93.5 cm below normal.

The Helsinki tide gauge record goes back to 1904.
Annual minimum sea level in Helsinki in 1904-2026.