Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Our climate is changing as a direct result of fossil fuel emissions. This extra evaporation in summer, caused by rising temperatures, is a clear effect and stands to pose threats for gardeners and farmers alike 020
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginColm Byrne @colmpbyrne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I was delighted to present on Positive Ageing in a Changing Climate at @eugms.bsky.social. The decisions we take now will determine the climate we age into. Urgent action is required to mitigate and adapt to the climate change happening now. 032
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginCaroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A marine heatwave is ongoing in Irish & European waters. Climate change made it at least 30 times more likely. It will happen yearly before long with huge impacts on species, fisheries & human activity. Study by @wwattribution.bsky.social @clairebergin.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comIreland’s warming seas pose risk to public health, scientists warnClimate change is main driver behind marine heatwaves that harm fisheries, tourism and public health 05731
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Climate change doesn't just affect humans and those on land, it also causes detrimental affects on those below the sea surface. Sea surface temperatures are rising significantly and we need to act fast to slow down the heating www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...worldweatherattribution.orgClimate change is driving unprecedented European ocean temperatures, with severe impacts for marine life – World Weather Attribution 000
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Yes, we can even say that wildfires are directly linked to climate change, and yes, it will only get worse as we continue to burn large amounts of fossil fuels... 052
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out. 9840191933
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 25/06/2026What could a future heatwave on the island of Ireland look like? A heatwave reaching 38°C is plausible. This particular heatwave is set in 2056 in a world approaching 2.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Analysis: @climatecocentre.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/... 43723
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-... 231189666
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Paris, the capital of France, has recorded more days above 40°C this week than during the 147-year period spanning from 1872 to 2019. Historic is an understatement. 5563406
Reposted by Dr Claire Berginlionel-swan.bsky.social @lionel-swan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Delighted to share that my first peer-reviewed main author paper has been published as part of a special issue on Meteotsunamis in the Journal of Natural Hazards. Big thank you to my co-authors, @germac.bsky.social & @clairebergin.bsky.social for your support! link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comInvestigating the occurrence of an unusual tidal event along the north–west coast of Ireland - Natural HazardsThe study investigates the occurrence of an unusual tidal event recorded at Portsalon Golf Club on 21st February 2022 at 08:50 UTC. The event followed the passage of Storm Franklin and was described b... 044
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginICARUS Maynooth @icarus-maynooth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026ICARUS researcher Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social appeared on RTÉ Prime Time last night, discussing her work with @wasitusie.bsky.social and how record-breaking May temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change. Claire's segment begins at 29:14. www.rte.ie/player/serie...rte.iePrime Time 2026-06-04An in-depth analysis of current issues and topical reports. Watch Prime Time 2026-06-04 on RTÉ Player for free 035
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Our post doctoral researcher Dr Claire Bergin will be on RTÉ's Prime Time programme tonight starting at 21:35 speaking about our latest study involving the record breaking temperatures last week! 101
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginMika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026While Ireland and western Europe are baking in an unprecedented May heatwave, @clairebergin.bsky.social presented Ireland's attribution activities at the Nordic Attribution Meeting 2026 in cool Helsinki (while also answering media requests on the side). 1102
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Congratulations @lionel-swan.bsky.social on your first retrospective attribution study focusing on the abnormally warm and dry summer of 2018! 012
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Very interesting new study by WWA, co-authored by our postdoc. It shows how climate change is increasing pre-monsoon heat in India and Pakistan. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...worldweatherattribution.orgClimate change exposes hundreds of millions to longer and deadlier pre-monsoon heat in South Asia – World Weather Attribution 012
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Even the world cup is not exempt from the negative effects of climate change. Very interesting work from WWA 010
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginPeter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Quite the day while trying to complete the @ipcc.bsky.social special report SOD doing front person for @ccacireland.bsky.social annual report first chapter. Highlight was getting my youngest son’s tutor’s catchphrase onto national lunchtime news. Bet w/ youngest won. 🏆 www.rte.ie/news/ireland...rte.ieClimate body chair criticises govts for ignoring warningsThe chair of the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Advisory Council has said that if governments had heeded their warnings in the past and implemented just a proportion of them in full, the c... 1113
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Our Postdoc, Dr Claire Bergin, presented our recent work to the Irish Met Society on Thursday. If you want to take a look at the full presentation follow the link below #ClimateScience #ClimateChange #ExtremeEventAttribution www.youtube.com/watch?reload...youtube.comChanging Weather Extremes: Are Humans to Blame?YouTube video by Met Soc 023
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWorld Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 11/02/2026NEW STUDY: Climate change is fueling deadly fires that threaten some of the world’s oldest living things: the ancient Alerce trees of Patagonia, which can live for over 3,000 years. Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5 26545
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 04/02/2026Last month was the wettest January in Ireland since 2018, according to data from Met Éireann, with the forecaster saying that, unusually, more rain fell in the east of the country than the westrte.ieMet Éireann confirms wettest January since 2018Last month was the wettest January in Ireland since 2018, according to data from Met Éireann. 1102
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginCaroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 29/01/2026www.irishtimes.com/environment/... Latest (and very rapid) attribution study from @clairebergin.bsky.social @lionel-swan.bsky.social & Met Éireann @wasitusie.bsky.socialirishtimes.comStorm Chandra floods made three times more likely by climate changeAnalysis shows rainfall preceding storm left areas ‘primed’ for flooding 11910
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Watch out for our new study being published at 8pm on the WASITUS.ie website! 013
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWorld Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 22/01/2026🚨 NEW STUDY: As Australia prepares for another heatwave, our latest study found the early January heatwave which hit SE Australia was made 5x more likely due to climate change. What was once a relatively rare 1-in-25-year event is now expected about every 5 years. 🧵 1/6 29052
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Want to learn more about Irish event attribution? Why not check out our website wasitus.ie 022
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Unfortunately, if there is no large global effort to reduce emissions soon then 2025 is set to be one of the colder years this century 000
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginPeter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 21/12/2025www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... @codohertynews.bsky.social telling some hard home truths here with a guest quote from @clairebergin.bsky.social and some of the usual nonsense from me.irishtimes.comThe climate crisis in 2025: When scientific and political realities diverged‘Climate adaptation’ became the new buzzwords but there was much evidence of business as usual 1126
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Listen back: RTE news at 1 to hear our researcher Dr Claire Bergin talk about our new research. The study focuses on the rainfall associated with storm Claudia and the flooding related impacts. Starts at 25:50 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @maynoothuniversity.ie @epaireland.bsky.social and Met Eireannrte.ieNews At One Friday 28 November 2025News, sport, business and interviews presented by Rachael English. 023
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Interesting study showing how rainfall levels are increasing on the east Irish coast leading heightened flood risk 031
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginMaynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 24/09/2025Human-caused climate change made the warm days experienced this summer nine times more likely, and the warm nights 40 times more likely, according to a new study from climatologists at ICARUS, MU's climate research centre, and Met Éireann. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci... 033
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWASITUS @wasitusie.bsky.social · 24/09/2025"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20... 0125
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 24/09/2025Ireland was set for average summer heat but climate change pushed temperature to record highirishtimes.comIreland was set for average summer heat but climate change pushed temperature to record highUnusually high night-time temperatures saw June, July and August into the record books 045
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 17/09/2025The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub... 115189
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire... 618795
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt. www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond... 211773
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Delighted to see a study I co-authored be highlighted by RTE news 020
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... 13119
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginEUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 15/08/2025Smoke from large fires over #Albania and #Greece in this Meteosat-12 image from 13 August, as #wildfires rage across the region. High heat, dry air and high winds have fuelled the flames, leading to evacuations and challenging thousands of firefighters. Read more at our website: bit.ly/3Utd42A 0247
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWorld Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Climate change made the relentless heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland about 2°C hotter and at least ten times more likely. Our latest study was published this morning. “This event should be taken as another reminder that no country is safe from climate change” - @frediotto.bsky.social 🧵 15034
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Check out this interesting article by @wwattribution.bsky.social on the recent Fennoscandia heatwave 061
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginProf Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 05/08/2025My book - ClimateINJustice is shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social ! Really happy about this, as it's not traditional conservation writing - but conserving & fighting for us humans & our rights wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20... 16617
Dr Claire Bergin @clairebergin.bsky.social · 06/08/2025A short article on our 'mini-heatwave' study has been published by @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. This is the first report by the new @wasitusie.bsky.social project with @peterthorne.bsky.social. Funded by EPA and in conjunction with Met Éireann and @wwattribution.bsky.social 0195
Reposted by Dr Claire BerginWorld Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 20/06/2025The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈 Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work. 🧵 410555