Mar 7, 2020
360 degree view of the small Irish river that I found this week, fresh flowing water under that old stone bridge and through the fresh green woods of Ireland’s countryside - all in 360 degree swipability.
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360 degree view of the small Irish river that I found this week, fresh flowing water under that old stone bridge and through the fresh green woods of Ireland’s countryside - all in 360 degree swipability.
'The presence of antibiotics in rivers is important and concerning because of increasing worries about antibiotic resistance in humans and a
A "concerning" new study has found Irish rivers contain low levels of antidepressants and antibiotics, with current wastewater treatment processes not sufficient to remove them. Between September 2020 and March 2022, researchers from Dublin City University (DCU) collected water samples from dozens of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended sites along the River Liffey, the River Suir, the River Nore, and the River Annalee. At each site, the team, which involved several DCU academics and PHD student Dylan O’Flynn tested for the presence of 16 different pharmaceuticals. The chemicals tested for chosen due to their presence in European rivers, as reported in other similar studies. The researchers say the pharmaceuticals tested for are "ubiquitous within the Irish healthcare system" and also are recognised as being potentially harmful substances for aquatic organisms. Several appear on the European Commission's surface water chemical 'watch list'.
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The Living List -Autumn River Walks in Ireland
The Living List -Autumn River Walks in Ireland
We’ve been having some walks with the Welshies very near to where we live, in a town called Sion Mills based in Northern Ireland. I can’t begin to explain just how close to ‘The North’ we live. Walk just up the road and you will cross the border into Northern Ireland, then you walk over a small bridge (of which there are many over the glens) and your back in ’The Republic’. To me Ireland is…
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Mayfly Nymph A good imitation of the nymph of the Mayfly (ephemera danica).
Photograph: Old stone jetty on the River Shannon, Ireland, July 2007. Photographer: Hauke Steinberg