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Geography in Action
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D. today (Thursday 2 February 2017) visited Maynooth University to launch the process to formulate a new spatial planning framework.
Date: Friday, 03 February 2017
An Taoiseach at Maynooth to launch new national strategy to guide Ireland to 2040
The plan represents a new approach to planning that will enable political, civic, and business leaders to guide our society and economy over the next 25 years.
Date: Thursday, 02 February 2017
Geography: Concerns Global Warming could be worse than originally thought
An international team of researchers, including Peter Thorne, Department of Geography, writing in the Bulletin of the American Meterological Society suggest that global warming may be worse than previously thought.
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Why we may be closer to breaching global warming targets than we thought
Global temperature rise may be closer to the limit recently imposed by world leaders than previously thought, new research has revealed. The major study, which brought together top international climate scientist including researchers from Maynooth University, aimed to provide an improved definition of the ‘pre-industrial’ period to put the temperature rise targets set at the UN Paris Agreement into context.
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Geography: 110 polar scientists gathered in Bergen to kick-off the future observation system for the Arctic
The environment in Arctic region is now changing significantly due to increased temperature, thinning and decrease of the sea ice, melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, thawing permafrost and changes in atmosphere and ocean circulation. Such changes have global as well as regional implications, including e.g. natural hazards, extreme weather, sea level change, coastal erosion and changes in the ecosystem. These changes have severe impact on people’s living conditions in the Arctic. Furthermore, exploitation of resources, marine transportation and other human activities are expected to increase with additional impact on the vulnerable environment. In order to ensure sustainable development of the Arctic it is necessary to collect more data and build up more knowledge on climate and environment in this region. On this background 110 polar scientists including Professor Peter Thorne are gathered this week in Bergen, Norway to kick-‐off a new EU Horizon2020 project INTAROS -‐ Integrated Arctic Observation System.
Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Geography: Maynooth geography students rescue 1400 years of Irish rainfall data
In an ambitious research led teaching experiment, undergraduate students at Maynooth University Department of Geography have been collaborating with Met Éireann to rescue historic rainfall data.
Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Geography: Dr Waddington and Prof Kearns receive the T. Jones Hughes award.
Shelagh Waddington and Gerry Kearns were at Trinity College Dublin to receive from the Association of Geography Teachers of Ireland the T. Jones Hughes Award
Date: Thursday, 24 November 2016
Geography: Dr Chris Van Egeraat nominated to the Advisory Group of the National Planning Framework
Our colleague Dr Chris van Egeraat has been nominated to the Advisory Group of the National Planning Framework.
Date: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
HRB Funded PhD Opportunity
HRB Funded PhD in Socio-ecological and geospatial analysis of suicide and self-harm clustering
Date: Friday, 14 October 2016