Carbon budgets should be sent back to the climate council with clear instructions to reassess them against Paris commitments

Undersea cameraman Ken O’Sullivan has spent 20 years among the charismatic mammals

Ireland is not immune from extreme weather already hitting Europe

Nominee places range from the shadows of Croagh Patrick to a once derelict dump site in Dublin’s Liberties

Failure to significantly scale up protection of oceans from deep sea mining and sea beds from 'bottom trawling' was widely criticised

13th staging of event honouring founder of modern science with events in Waterford and Lismore

Carbon calculator for flight emissions also withdrawn as airline says ‘there was very little interest or uptake from passengers’

Opinion columnists share the piece of media that most defines the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term.

Clean energy from farm and food wastes is a no-brainer but a new era of Irish biomethane is far from assured.

Published in 2015, Laudato Si’ spoke of our serious moral responsibility to protect the planet

Emerging technology, harsh marine conditions and cost pose challenges, but big offshore projects can be done, say experts

The Nesc findings would be used to inform ongoing work of Government to deliver the transition

Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.

The agency was having trouble recruiting scientists to take part in the calls, Axios sources said.

Doonbeg’s ‘grey dunes’ and presence of endangered snail hampered original developer’s plans

Positions at risk in organisation’s Dublin head office but numbers unclear due to ‘fluidity of the situation’

Two advisory councils outline gross failures to face up to climate realities

Department of Agriculture and public health specialists consider risk manageable as no other animal species infected here

Ireland will provide joint commitments with EU later this year, Department of Climate says

Scientists detail scale of devastation to mangroves using satellite imagery, AI and imaging techniques used in healthcare settings

‘Well-established programmes to counter conspiracy theories have little or no effect’

‘We’re not resilient to today’s climate,‘ says expert as State and utility companies face greater pressure to prepare for stormier weather

Pulling out of Paris Agreement was predictable theatre, but resulting temperature and emission rises will push Earth to dangerous tipping points

Part 1: Some Limits We Need to Work Around

With 20% of male escapees sexually mature and capable of breeding with wild Atlantic salmon, threat to wild stocks ‘is particularly concerning’

If compact living is really the goal of national policy, then Ireland really needs to get a lot better at this. Our planning system rarely acts in the interests of renters

Pop music boosts plant growth while laughter is a great learning aid, students at the Primary Science Fair at the RDS have found

Solar and wind power feature creatively in a number of projects at the annual competition

Michael D Higgins implores young scientists to commit to welfare of all global citizens and counter war rhetoric

AI brings challenges to contest but more positives than negatives, co-founder says

Wind energy lobby says new government needs to implement the Planning and Development Act and put in place policies to support the development of the sector both onshore and at sea

The general election took place inside a bubble, when a calamity with fundamental implications for society and the economy was relegated to a side issue by the three largest parties

‘Data centres no longer need to be concentrated around Dublin’ but should be closer to sources of renewable energy, especially offshore wind

Former Green Party leader opens up about ‘being attacked from all sides’ and party’s general election wipeout

Amid pressure from petrostates, Donald Trump’s looming US presidency, curtailed activism and continuing implementation difficulties, the progress was better than nothing - but way short of what is req...

The speed of decline in the ocean current system known as Amoc will determine whether Ireland can adapt or face catastrophic impacts