If the progress or lack of progress made at COP30 in #belem has given you an idea, why not enter this year's award.

See below for full details.⬇⬇

You could win a €2000 cash prize. ⌚️💶🏆
#CleanAirWeek
@antaisce
#student

marymulvihillaward.ie/award/ 🧵6/6

Or do we need to reconsider the timeline of all our targets? Are they too ambitious or not ambitious enough?

Perhaps the idea of 'Time' and how we use it as if it is countdown timer could inspire an entry for this year's student media award? 🧵5/6

When discussing all of these complex issues, we generally link them to the passing of time or a target point in time.

This year's theme for The #marymulvihill Award is #Time.

Could it be too late to prevent the climate tipping point which deforestation threatens from occurring? 🧵4/6

Crucial to maintaining air quality and controlling climate change is not only ensuring deforestation is stopped but also planting more forests.

With the #COP30 coming to a close, it remains to be seen what progress has been made on the area of #deforestation. 🧵3/6

It is even feared that long term exposure could contribute to birth defects.

For all these reasons, it is crucial that we work to improve the quality of air for people all over the world. 🧵2/6

#cleanair

For anyone out there who may like to share their voice on science matters, why not enter this years #marymulvihill Student Media Award?

Link for more details:🔽🔽🔽
marymulvihillaward.ie/award/

This year's theme is 'Time' and the winning student will receive a €2,000 cash prize.

#scienceweek2025

That brings the story of 'Life' series to an end. Good luck to everyone who entered this year's #MaryMulvihillAward. 🤞🤞🤞

Perhaps current and past generations have not taken the action which we should have. The question now is, will the children of today and perhaps their children have the courage, political leadership and foresight to change the direction we seem to be going? Lets hope so.🙏🧵30/31

Although for good reason there is much doom and gloom around the current status of life on planet Earth, surely the fact we have never known so much about the impact of our actions nor have we had so many ways of improving the situation, offers opportunity to change. 🧵29/31

With the consequences of climate change already being experienced by many around the globe, there are some who believe the future of our species lies beyond this planet. 🧵28/31

Much focus has recently been placed on climate tipping points, events which if triggered could lead to a cycle of environmental collapse. Many scientists believe that 5 of these thresholds are at immediate risk of being crossed, and 3 more could be reached in the 2030s. 🧵27/31

2024 marked the first year with a global mean temperature of more than 1.5oC. In addition, the past ten years 2015-2024 have been the ten warmest years on record. These figures are already exceeding the limits set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. 🧵26/31

Dr. Jane Goodall echoed what many other conservationists have said in recent years by claiming, ‘we are in the midst of the sixth great extinction’. Species loss is occurring at a rate estimated to be between 100-1000 faster than the natural background rate of extinction. 🧵25/31

Some scientists believe we have now left behind the Holocene Epoch and entered the Anthropocene. This term describes a period of time during which human activities have impacted the environment enough to constitute a distinct geological change. 🧵24/31

For the past 11,500 years, Earth has been in the Holocene Epoch, a relatively stable time for climate and temperature. January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, despite the fact we are in a la Nina, the cold phase of the the El Nino Summer Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.🧵23/31

Despite the advances made in renewable technology, it may be too late for much of the life on this planet. A recent paper published in Nature analysed over 2000 different studies and found human action to be driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet. 🧵22/31