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Professor Jennie Stephens from ICARUS at Maynooth University calls for policy alignment and climate justice in Ireland's climate approach.
Rather than constantly striving for expansion, economic growth and the accumulation of wealth, a commitment to climate justice would centre fairness and equity
Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Geographers 'Headline' Glastonbury Festival 2024
Geographers Headline Glastonbury Festival 2024 Geography at Maynooth University, in collaboration with the Department of Design Innovation. The Circus team of six members has just returned from headlining at the Glastonbury Festival which ran from 26 to 30 June in Somerset, England with attendance of over 200,000 people.
Date: Thursday, 04 July 2024
Extreme temperatures becoming more common in Ireland -- MU study
A temperature event of 33 degrees Celsius in Dublin’s Phoenix Park has gone from being a 1 in 180-year event in 1942 to a 1 in 9-year event in 2020, according to a new study led by Maynooth University.
Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
Irish ‘circus of horror’ act at Glastonbury will teach audiences about urgency of climate emergency
Six climate research scientists from the ICARUS Climate Research Centre in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University are taking their interactive exhibit to Glastonbury next week.
Date: Saturday, 22 June 2024
Rate of global warming at all-time high, MU scientist says
Global warming caused by human activity is advancing at the highest rate since records began, a new report says.
Date: Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Icarus Research Team - Department of Geography - Maynooth University
To get to know ‘ICARUS’ a little better, watch the next episode of ‘My Uni Life’ airing Friday 22nd March @ 8pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ player.
Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024
International Women’s Day and ICARUS is going from strength to strength
International Women's Day at ICARUS
Date: Friday, 08 March 2024
ICARUS research finds climate change drove Midleton flooding
Human-induced climate change made the extreme two-day rainfall event associated with flooding in Midleton, County Cork last October “more likely and more intense”, according to a new study involving researchers from the ICARUS Climate Research Centre in Maynooth University.
Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
MU researchers win EPA funding for environmental projects
Two researchers at Maynooth University have secured nearly €1 million in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their work on projects that aim to make a positive contribution to environmental protection.
Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
RTÉ series ‘My Uni Life’ captures MU student life
RTÉ One series capturing the life of staff and students across Irish universities kicks off on 16th February
Date: Friday, 02 February 2024