Where plankton fits in the Earth’s ecosystem
Organism gives sea its distinctive smell and promotes creation of clouds, thereby playing a significant role in global climate
Biodiversity
These might look like storybook mushrooms. But there’ll be no happily-ever-after if you eat them
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a dead 6ft leatherback turtle, a red garden spider, and the flowering lives of dandelions
A call to climate action
What needs to happen to save ourselves, our species and planet? Eight climate-conscious individuals offer their take
Once feared extinct in Ireland, the secretive nightjar calls again
The confirmation revives the question of whether nightjars could have a more hopeful future in Ireland than previously believed
Biodoveristy specialists Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering raises $2m in funding round
Company is focused on restoring sensitive ecosystems by planting seagrass at a tenth of the cost of comparable systems
Ireland can play pivotal role in ensuring global food security while meeting challenge of an overheating planet
If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities
New standard backed by Amazon’s climate fund may help restore peatlands
Certification to help farmers and landowners prove benefits of bog restoration projects and attract investment
UN biodiversity summit comes to abrupt end as deal on global nature fund falls through
‘This is a delay we can’t afford as we see alarming evidence on a weekly basis the Earth is moving towards dangerous environmental tipping points’, said Grace Carr of Irish Wildlife Trust
Cop29: Can a bloated and cumbersome process undermined by self-interest deliver for our planet?
Baku conference offers opportunities to help avoid climate catastrophe, despite the obstacles
What is this hairy creature I found clinging to a jumper on my washing line?
Eanna Ní Lamhna addresses your notes and queries, and explains how badgers could help save potatoes
Ardnacrusha is an ecological catastrophe that has devastated the Shannon and its salmon
Consecutive Irish governments have sanctioned the plundering of salmon stocks
Frustration at failure to deliver funding surfaces at UN biodiversity summit as talks go into final hours
Governments still need to protect an area of land equivalent to combined size of Brazil and Australia
Killarney National Park’s 60th birthday: A time for deep reflection and radical reform
‘Our parks must have nature at the forefront of their concerns’
Malcolm Noonan tells Cop16 Ireland making progress in ending biodiversity loss
Finance to protect some of the world’s most important ecosystems remains main block to progress at global gathering
Éanna Ní Lamhna: ‘In 1970 we had twice as much biodiversity as we have now. Twice as much: 90 per cent of our curlews are gone’
The wildlife expert on her new book of Irish biodiversity, staying hopeful, and why dandelions are better than daffodils
An otter spotter’s paradise in Co Donegal
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the limitations of Google, the kestrel’s talent for spotting mouse pee, and a very large caterpillar
Climate policies point to ‘catastrophic rise’ in global temperature, says UN report
Rich countries told they must close ‘emissions gap’ before the key 1.5 degree target is lost
A robust science vision must ensure climate and biodiversity research tops national agenda
Thinking in a Climate Emergency: Artificial Intelligence provides immense opportunity for Ireland, if we can address its voracious requirement for power
Cop summits must address biodiversity and climate crises in an integrated way
Alignment of biodiversity and climate finance would enable win-win solutions to be more easily implemented
Global carbon emissions from forest fires have increased 60% in past 20 years, study finds
Increases in extent and severity of forest wildfires most notable across vast areas of the northern hemisphere and undermines their critical role in storing carbon
‘It tasted good’: Inuk hunter eats brent goose being tracked by Irish schoolchildren
TV series hopes to help build a battalion of young ‘goose detectives’ monitoring flight paths from Ireland to Arctic - and back
Deposit return scheme leads to ‘massive reduction’ in plastic bottles and drinks containers found on shores by Coastwatch
Environmental group seeking citizen scientists to complete 2024 survey, especially in northwest and Northern Ireland
We have a problem with squirrels in our garden. What can we do to keep them at bay?
Fionnuala Fallon: As charming as their arboreal acrobatics might be to watch, grey squirrels can be a real problem in Irish gardens
Co-ordinated action on biodiversity loss can help reduce risk of ‘ecosystem collapse’, climate council says
Greater focus needed on biodiversity conservation and restoration in the fight against climate change
Can Lough Neagh be saved by challenge-oriented prize funding?
The North’s Department of Environment has awarded £450,000 to five bidders to tackle algal blooms
Ecosystem collapse is no longer in the realm of science fiction. It is upon us
From the reduction of forest cover from a high of 80% to its current 1-2% to the near total removal of seabed habitats, ecosystem collapse is evident throughout Ireland and beyond
Irish climate to become ‘unrecognisable’ if action on emissions is delayed
Ireland has almost no pristine rivers left and is producing ‘more waste than ever’, State of Environment report finds
The Irish Times view on the Irish environment: a deepening crisis
The poor state of the physical environment could undermine food security and erode wild spaces
Restoring the Wicklow hills: ‘It’s like the Sahara at times up there with peat moving around like sand dunes in the desert’
Degradation of upland habitats has led to reduced grazing potential, decline of vegetation and the loss of iconic birds such as the curlew and skylarks
Nature-based solutions to climate change are all around us
Our planet is experiencing rapid climate changes because nature is unable to keep pace with human activity
Ireland could slash emissions by embracing circular economy - study
Country lagging behind in green construction when it could help meet housing demand, FII tells Oireachtas group
First planetary health check issues Earth red alert
Six out of nine boundaries continue to be breached, soon to be followed by dangerous levels of ocean acidification
‘Witness trees’ to track Irish climate change over coming decades
TCD researchers to also pinpoint which species best clean air and eliminate smog
Female sperm whales becoming more frequent off the coast of Ireland
Study examined available historical and contemporary data from whaling, stranding, and sighting records between 1910 and 2023
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