Experts warn climate crisis could make Ireland colder and heighten storm surge risk
The Gulf Stream is a strong ocean current that washes warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean and takes cold water south, making our climate more temperate.
Other key findings from the report include a 2-3mm sea level rise since the 1990s, a 0.5 degree rise in sea surface temperatures on the north coast in the past decade, increased acidification of surface water and year-round algal blooms that harm sea life. While that’s “unlikely” they added “the Gulf Stream System is weaker now than it has been in 1,000 years”.According to the experts Dublin and Cork “have seen higher sea level rise more than the global averages”.
The reports adds: “Wave and storm surges pose an increasing threat to coastal communities with Dublin and Galway recording notable wave overtopping events.”Oceans have the potential to mitigate some climate change effects. “Without the Gulf Stream system the climate of Ireland would be much more like the climate of Iceland.
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