“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

'The sign of a healthy economy is drinkable rivers' www.facebook.com/share/r/1BDr...

Ivy is buzzing, literally, with bees, hoverflies, wasps, and butterflies at this time of year. It provides vital late autumn pollen and nectar to vast numbers of insects. Its berries are vital for birds in the depths of winter. Ivy is amazing. Preserve it.

Localised severe flooding is going to become more frequent. It won't be possible to protect everywhere using current 'drainage' methods. Whole catchment and upstream storage is the most effective and cost efficient way to achieve this. m.independent.ie/regionals/ti...

It happened again. Glashaboy flood relief scheme in Glanmire cost overrun is 316% From €12m budget to €38m cost. This is typical for OPW FRS works. Upstream storage would have been a fraction of this, less than €5m. Now multiply this by hundreds of projects. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Singapore, always leading from the front, will be building tidal barriers to protect their city-state from SLR. Who's next? www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...

Sponge cities are amazing & their champion, Kongjian Yu. www.linkedin.com/posts/biophi...

Government underinvestment in nature is not just neglect. It’s a slow death for the land and waters we love and the rejection of any potential nature restoration. Ciarán Brennan of the Irish Environmental Network poses many important questions here.

That's the reason we are living with the consequences of bad and corrupt decisions today. FF have clearly learned nothing from their past. m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...

She trusted him with her most prized possession 🥺

 I’ve included some of my personal favorite sea otter facts in this video! 🤗 P.S. sorry about the quality, bsky makes you compress videos so much:( 📸 user8736150399263 (TT) / Georgia Aquarium / Adobe / envato / Wikimedia Commons / openwaterpedia

Scientists point out the obvious🫣 phys.org/news/2025-07...

Overuse of rip-rap harms rivers. theconversation.com/overuse-of-r...

Interesting tidal flooding defence project in Jersey. It involves extending the shoreline into the bay and integrating cycle paths and public amenity areas. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tragedy in Texas hill country, where 4 months’ worth of rain in just four hours caused Guadalupe River levels to spike 30 feet in just an hour and a half - in the middle of the night. Two dozen are dead in the resulting floods and another 20 young campers still missing. apnews.com/article/texa...

This is the single biggest, easiest and most cost effective thing that can be done for nature, the environment, flooding and carbon. An absolute no-brainer. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier, drawing up heat from the deep ocean and making it harder for sea ice to regrow Less sea ice releases more heat into atmosphere, increasing number and intensity of storms and accelerating global warming theconversation.com/completely-u...

🚨Antarctic ice melting accelerates 'We may have passed a tipping point and entered a new state defined by persistent sea ice decline, sustained by a newly discovered feedback loop'. theconversation.com/completely-u...

China’s largest flood on record 💔 Cities wiped out! The Duliu River in Rongjiang, Guizhou in China just saw its most extreme flood ever, with water surging at 11,400 cubic meters per second and rising a staggering 11 metres above normal levels #earth #photography #flood #city

Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋 Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍 Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity. Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment www.ipbes.net/assessment-r... Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪

“I tend to be an optimistic person. But things are not only moving in the wrong direction, we’re seeing some unprecedented changes and acceleration of the heating of the Earth & sea level rise.” - @piersforster.bsky.social, @priestleycentre.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis

The world’s tough on #insects, but a few simple steps can turn your space into a much-needed bug haven: 🌼 Plant a native flower 💧 Leave shallow water bowls 🌙 Turn off outdoor lights 🍂 Keep leaf litter & compost 🦋 Create balcony or window gardens www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs

Big part of what makes trams great: “It’s permanent infrastructure. People can see that the tracks have been laid and that it’s here to stay. They know where the route’s going because they can see it and that gives them confidence – and it also gives businesses confidence to invest in the area…”

The Cork Luas public consultation ends tomorrow, Monday at 5.30 pm. Get your say in. consult.tii.ie/luas-cork

Today's Berardelli Bonus... Earth's CO2 hit a new milestone in May - 430 parts per million. Our best science tells us it's the highest in 14 million yrs & the rate of growth is ~100X natural. For the past 10K years CO2 was steady at 280ppm, but our Goldilocks climate is now done.

The Netherlands boasts over 35,000 km of separated cycle paths, half of which have been built since 1996. This (fairly recent) success is built on design principles which are embedded in urban planning and together form a deliberate, systematic approach to infrastructure design: youtu.be/pdsUjjncUp0

Meanwhile down south dangerous “doomsday” glaciers teeter on the edge: “the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers are losing ice at an accelerating pace, contributing more and more to rising sea levels worldwide.” @SciTechDaily1 scitechdaily.com/new-study-re...

The Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme hasn't gone away. It is expected to go to public consultation later this year & will go for planning by this time next year. Read on ⬇️ www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Antarctic Ice Sheet tipping in the last 800,000 years warns of future ice loss Notably, West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse contributes over 4 m sea-level rise in equilibrium ice sheet states with little (0.25 °C) or even no ocean warming above present. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Flooding is the most common natural disaster, impacting billions. Natural Flood Management (NFM), a nature-based solution opposed to traditional ‘grey’ engineering, offer catchment-level solutions by using natural processes to slow and store water through a series of diffused interventions.

For every 1°C rise in global temperature, the water vapour held in the atmosphere increases by 7 per cent. So a warmer world will face both droughts and floods, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

The Government of #Ireland continues to oversee the destruction of #marine ecosystems through overfishing. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and rural independents consistently put profit first for a clique of influential 'acquaintances', allowing them to hoover-up sprat on the south and south-west coasts.

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

Every spring, walking the mountain commonage, I find many native tree seedlings: rowan (circled), birch, willow... But with the next passing sheep, they're gone. Virtually ALL Ireland is overgrazed. Lifting that artificial pressure would bring the most miraculous transformation. #Rewilding 🌎

This is the kind of vision we like to see 'The consultants behind the scheme say it represents “a once-in-a-generation opportunity” to re-imagine the River Lee not as a barrier, but as a vibrant open space that reconnects northside communities with the river' www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

The world could see its first year of warming above 2°C by the end of the decade, leading climate scientists have warned for the first time.

Our bogs are very special indeed. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

'The paper shows that even if carbon emissions are slashed to meet the internationally agreed target of 1.5C, sea level rises will become unmanageable during this century.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The cost of traffic congestion. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Sycamore are an invasive species that out compete and crowd out native saplings. They should be eliminated where possible. The furore in the UK about 1 tree is perplexing. #sycamoregap species.biodiversityireland.ie/profile.php?...

🚩🚨⚠️🔥 'The world is on track for 2.5C-2.9C of global heating' 'The melting of those ice sheets would lead to a “really dire” 12 metres of sea level rise.' 'the “safe limit” temperature ....estimate was likely to be 1C or lower' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Starting the week with sunny fieldwork at the @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #beaver project! Has matured into an incredible wetland!

This is great News for the Cork Harbour area. Can't wait for this. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

When a politician says something is 'common sense' it is usually code for anti science or racism. It is always profoundly stupid and a bright red flag. www.rte.ie/news/upfront...

'Healthy peatlands can help to tackle the climate crisis, reduce flood risk, improve water quality and support rare wildlife. However, degraded peat means carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, contributing to global heating.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

City on the Edge of Forever. A short video on the madness of The Walls project, an entirely unnecessary act of vandalism. youtu.be/POqrKe7SvWY?...

“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”