Carla Mateus
@CarlaPMateus
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Assistant Professor @Maynoothgeog. Interests #climatechange #historicalclimatology #envhist #climateadaptation #scicom. Views are my own.
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Joined September 2019
Long-term trends in daily extreme air temperature indices in Ireland from 1885 to 2018. A new paper from my PhD at @PalaeoResearch @GeogNUIG has been published in Weather and Climate Extremes. https://t.co/CYQJKks9vZ
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A short history of destructive Irish storms 🌧️ We can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms, writes Dr Carla Mateus of ICARUS and the Department of Geography. https://t.co/Sa4IQsmE6D
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A short history of destructive Irish storms. @CarlaPMateus @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni looks back at centuries of major storms in Ireland
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We can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms
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Storm impacts have highlighted the urgency to reduce vulnerabilities, enhance the emergency response and increase resilience. It is crucial to learn from the impacts of historical storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms in the context of climate change.
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We can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni
A short history of destructive Irish storms. @CarlaPMateus @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni looks back at centuries of major storms in Ireland
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Long-term instrumental series are crucial to examine modern climate warming within a historical context. These meteorological collections have been rescued and will be made available as open-access in upcoming peer-reviewed publications and datasets.
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📔🌡️Historical meteorological records allow a greater understanding of past climate variability and assessment of the frequency, duration, intensity and distribution of extreme weather events.
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Delighted to present my research on ‘Long-term trends and impacts of heat waves and cold waves in Ireland’ and recovery of the rich heritage of historical Irish meteorological observations from archives at the ACRE 2025: #Climate Data Recovery Meeting at @sgSMU. @Maynoothgeog
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I am honoured to become a Fellow of the @RMetS in recognition of my contributions to #meteorology🌡️in: ·Promotion of Meteorology ·Public education and outreach ·Research and development ·Service to RMetS ·Professional work ·Teaching ·Publications @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni
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Thank you also for inviting me to present my research on ‘Long-term trends and impacts of heat waves and cold waves in Ireland’ at the Symposium on Weather and Well-Being: Communicating Biometeorological Knowledge for Public Health. @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni
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Thank you to the Solco W. Tromp Foundation for awarding me a Tromp Foundation Travel Award to Young Scientists to present my research on ‘Impacts of heat waves and cold waves in Ireland derived from documentary sources’ at the European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
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To Portuguese language speakers 🇵🇹: I am delighted to have written a Geoflash article for the Portuguese Association of Geographers🌍@AGeografos on the importance of historical meteorological observations in assessing extreme weather events🌡️. https://t.co/O5GoppxzeR
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O Turismo de Portugal patrocinou a edição deste ano do Dalkey Book Festival. Este evento contou com 3 painéis de discussão alusivos a Portugal, entre os oradores convidados estiveram o escritor Afonso Cruz e os académicos Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses e Carla Mateus. @dalkeybookfest
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@davidmcw Well done to @visitportugal for promoting Portugal at multiple events and venues at the @dalkeybookfest!
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We had excellent engagement and questions from the public! Thanks to @davidmcw for organising the panel ‘Portugal, the new European Tiger’ and for hosting me. Thanks to Sian Smyth for organising a fantastic event.
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It was great to talk about Portuguese History, culture, society, economy, geography and tourism with @davidmcw, Afonso Cruz and Oisín Ó Cuill at the @dalkeybookfest! #DBF2025
@visitportugal @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni
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It was an excellent event celebrating Portugal Day with compatriots, our Irish friends and many other communities!
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I am honoured to meet and be hosted by His Excellency Bernardo de Lucena, Ambassador of Portugal to Ireland, as part of a reception to celebrate Portugal Day (Portugal, Camões, and Portuguese Communities Day).
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The Dalkey Book Festival @dalkeybookfest is from the 12th to the 15th of June. Join us! I am delighted to discuss Portuguese culture on a panel ‘Portugal, the new European Tiger’ on Saturday, the 14th! #DBF2025 @Maynoothgeog @MaynoothUni
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It was great to collaborate with the Librarians at the Royal Irish Academy. Thanks very much for all of your time and for hosting me!
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It was great to answer questions from the public and explain the importance of these historical meteorological records. All meteorological records have been digitised from the manuscripts and will be available as a dataset as part of an open-access peer-reviewed publication.
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