“[The LEU Connection Policy] would lead to a lot more gas use, and a lot more emissions, pushing multiple legally-binding climate targets even further out of reach”
Emissions associated with data centre demand under the policy:
Super exciting and important work happening at Mount Sandel - using archaeology to support peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland
Tx again @pintofscienceie.bsky.social for hosting our Prehistoric Policies talk, and for these photos. (tx @britishacademy.bsky.social funding!).
From Trump, via Hesgeth, the Iranian embassy's social media account, to Poverty Point, to make a point about civilisational narratives... Lots of fun!
Not Here Not Anywhere
Graeme Warren
Claire Nolan
Lots of activity on our last fieldwork day at Mount Sandel. Coring in the woods (and a challenge for GPS!), volunteers helping process samples, Borough Council filming us and lots of visitors! Great day.
V excited to be carrying out survey at (checks notes) MOUNT SANDEL !!!! Geophysics and bore holes with friends and colleagues Philippe de Smedt, Lola Claeys, Valentijn de Parys, @martinmoucheron.bsky.social and Deborah Nagle @naikaiouk.bsky.social
Reflections on the Joint Committee on AI and my new working paper that shows how data centres could consume 55% of Ireland's electricity by 2040 and cause gas demand to rise.
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Graeme Warren
Graeme Warren
This was the first week of our annual ARCH10180 Archaeological Field Skills excavations at Glendalough which will be followed by our community excavations.
We are grateful to the Glendalough community for their welcome and to the landowner for allowing access.
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Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farming
This book offers a timely roadmap for navigating the material and intangible legacies of prehistory with which we live today. Drawing on a series of global case…
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For #FindsFriday
Some freshly recovered flint artefacts from the machine clearance of our new trench at #Durotriges26
I have a feeling we're not in Duropolis anymore 😱
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Today, I'll brief the Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence on a new working paper which quantifies the potential energy and emissions from data centres into the future under the new Large Energy User Connection Policy, should 5.8 GW of new capacity (estimated through a market survey) emerge.
Did you miss my talk for Archaeology Scotland on the risks that affect rock art?
Fear not! Now you can catch up and watch it in your own time. Link below!
UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin
🎯 Our poor beleaguered waters
'The data tell the story:they’re filthy with pollution, clogged with man-made barriers & wrecked by State-funded drainage schemes that channel them, pour herbicides along them & cut vegetation that otherwise offers much-needed shade'
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