People in parts of Kerry are being notified of a survey in the coming months that will see an aircraft fly as low as 60 metres over rural areas and 240 metres above urban parts.
As part of our Dublin City Biodiversity Action Plan, Dublin City Council will support the Tellus Survey, which is being carried out by the Geological Survey of Ireland.
For the next 6 weeks sampling teams will visit over 800 sites in Dublin City to collect soil and vegetation samples.
Leslie Moore, Head of Parks Services, stated “
For the first time, we will be able to get a good picture of what the soils of Dublin City are – our natural resources that we depend upon for biodiversity, growing food, storing water, pollutants and carbon and giving life to the City. Dublin City Council welcomes the opportunity to support this landmark study”.
Geological Survey Ireland announces â¬1.45 million funding for new research projects
Topics include Climate Change, Landslides & Hazards, Offshore & Geothermal Energy
Geological Survey Ireland has announced it awarded over â¬1.45 million under its Research Programme in 2020. World-class research projects in geoscience and related areas of environmental science and engineering were supported. Since 2015, the Programme has committed over â¬11 million in funding to over 150 projects in academia and SMEs. Data, expertise and support from Geological Survey Ireland scientific and technical staff have also been provided under the Programme.
The 2020 awards include six multi-annual projects in areas including groundwater modelling, sourcing of critical metals, deep geothermal energy and geotechnical engineering studies of slope failure. Two of these projects are co-funded with Science Foundation Ireland