Seeing Toome Canal like this for another summer is heartbreaking. 💔
We must not allow this to become our new normal. 🥲
What wildlife could survive in that? Will we ever swim in Lough Neagh in summer again? 💔🦆💦🐟💔
#LoughNeaghAlgaeBlooms2024#LoveOurLough#LoughNeagh#Ecocide
There are more living organisms in 1 teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on Earth!
Safeguarding natural resources and biodiversity is critical to people’s health and that of our planet too.
#GenerationRestoration
via @FAO
The rain in Spain falls mainly….as a deluge. Murcia earlier today. And on it goes, floods in one country, blistering heatwaves in the next.
That’s what the #ClimateEmergency looks like, and no amount of political wishful thinking will make it go away.
Microplastics could raise stroke & heart attack risk
& may explain residual cardiovascular risk where 20-30% of those treated for common factors still have heart attacks & strokes
“The only defence we have...is prevention by reducing plastic production” https://t.co/pAB88ddE9q
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#Video
We need to take #ClimateAction & choose #climate resilient development pathways!
We have the solutions to tackle #ClimateChange!
original graph from: 'Climate Change 2022 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability' @IPCC_CH
Learn more: https://t.co/HhLX83VaR2
PL RP
According to satellite observations, Earth is accumulating an extra 25 zettajoules of heat every year - five times faster than 20 years ago. Ocean floating sensors confirm this same amount of heat is appearing in the oceans - equivalent to melting ~1% of Earth's ice per year.
🚍 Today's the day! Our two new #Carlow town bus routes are officially in service, putting 94% of Carlow town’s population within 800m of a bus stop, and 68% within 400m! That's easy access to a 7 day-a-week, half hourly bus service, for an affordable adult fare of just €1.10.👇