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The @opwireland is currently dredging the River Nanny in Tuam, Co Galway, during the statutory salmonid close season. Silt pollution was observed yesterday - and the source was investigated. This is a spawning tributary of the Lough Corrib SAC (thanks to 'Tuam in Picture').
There's a designated roadside viewing point on the Co. Waterford side of the Vee to pull in and 'admire' the view. All you can see for miles around are monocultures of sitka, rhododendron, + molinia grass. This is the sort of banal sterility offered in so much of Ireland.
The Skibbereen Flood Scheme earlier this week; brutally channelized river and concrete flood walls - but a nice sign about bees. This sums up Ireland's approach to the biodiversity crisis. Parts of the town also flooded after this hard engineering scheme.
destruction and degradation: refuges continue to be destroyed or degraded by agricultural intensification, commercial forestry (including restocking on ancient woodlands and bogs), year-round sheep grazing, high deer impacts, peat mining, quarrying, and other development
drivers II: you can verify this by looking at aerial images of Ireland. most green areas are fields resown in agricultural grasses, dark green areas commercial plantations of North American conifers, and brown areas cutover bogs or sheep-grazed mountain. little else is left
drivers I: the main drivers of ecosystem collapse have been agricultural intensification in the lowlands, year-round heavy grazing by sheep or deer in the uplands, commercial forestry, and large scale peat mining
Warning: Don't drive around west cork if you are inclined to succumb to eco-anxiety. #CAP Basic farm payments drive habitat destruction. I'm starting to document this to counteract the otherwise feeling of helplessness! #biodiversitycrisisireland
They do it because they always get away with it.
Simple and practical thing to do for nature and water quality. Permanent exclusion area by stream, plus a few metres of a buffer strip, unfertlised and cut once late in the year.
Without an online portal, our #VisionZero could well turn in to #ZeroVision @GardaTraffic in dire need of modernisation
If you've witnessed dangerous or careless driving on the roads in Wales and would like to report it, you can do so by sending your photos or footage to us via gosafe.org #OpSNAP
Celebrating their Gold and Bronze medal wins at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships 😍😍 🥇 @KatieGDunlevy and @evemccrystal 🥈 Josephine Healion and Linda Kelly
Hi everyone, today I'll be talking about something very close to my own heart, as revealed in my twitter handle: @IrishRainforest. It's something many - or most - people are still totally unaware of: that the natural ecosystem of much of Ireland is actually rainforest.
Seattle just recorded 6 straight days of 90°F+ for the first time ever. Portland just recorded 7 straight days of 95°F+ for the first time ever. One of the hottest weeks in recorded history for the Pacific Northwest.
The oldest trees in Newry are about to be felled to make way for flood defence works. Trees will be sacrificed for the cheapest option. As an engineer I know that there are alternatives but the oldest oak trees in the area are seen as disposable and of no value.
Already seeing people bitching about the weather. I unlocked the 360° eye roll
People keep telling me that because the UK had a heatwave in 1976, climate change is overhyped. So here’s the global heat anomaly maps from June 1976 and June 2022. data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/
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