A-Z of Bogs: D is for... Drainage
It's all but impossible to exploit a bog for its peat without taking away the water that defines its ecology. Without putting too fine a point on it, draining a bog is like cutting the habitat's throat - water is its lifeblood. When drained, the peatland dies ๐งต
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We have your 2025 calendar sorted! Please pick it up in-store (โฌ10.00) at The Country Store & Cafe, Rathfarnham Bookshop, Rathfarnham Golf Club, GET FRESH Ballyroan and at the Grange Star Shop or online savethehellfire.com/how-you-can-... #SupportLocal #NewYear
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A bit disconcerting when one of the world's largest moth species is attracted to your headlamp! Found this beautiful Hercules Moth in far north Queensland.
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Professor in Sustainable Energy, UCC ๐ฎ๐ช
I write a monthly column for the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/hannah-daly/
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Irish environmentalist with a day job in make believe, fantasy fiction and speculative stories. Lesbian on main talking ecology, mental health, queer politics, audiobooks, ttrpgs and Gaeilge
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Ecologist, nature enthusiast, broadcaster, create #NatureFile @RTElyricfm, make radio docs, weekly column in The Examiner.
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A podcast about human-wildlife interactions and our relationship with nature. We talk about biodiversity, conservation, hunting and fishing, rewilding and more.
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Protecting the Irish environment and, as a direct result, the people of Ireland.
Public policy advisor, analyst, advocate, commentator. Interim coordination for the Stop Climate Chaos coalition. Former ceo of @foeireland.bsky.social. Politics junkie. #LFC #AndACyclist.
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30 yrs pro carpentry.
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Artist | Author of THE LANGUAGE OF TREES | Rights of Nature ๐ฟClimate Justice | Long COVID ๐ท Dysautonomia ๐ซ | Tree Alphabet | Irish | Born @331ppm | RESIST
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Irish ornithologist & wildlife sound recordist.
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Using bird sound as a tool to spread love for Irish nature.
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-Wild Silence
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Doc: Birdsong