EPA predicts climate change in Ireland
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environment |
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Thursday July 24, 2003 14:46
by Caoimhín Ó Maolallaigh - Green Party
A report from the Environmental Protection Agency says Ireland will not escape from the impacts of global climate change.
The research predicts that winter rainfall in this country will increase by 10%, but will decrease significantly - by as much as 40% - on parts of the south and east coasts in summer.
The research says sea level rises, coupled with predicted increases in the frequency of extreme weather events, will make low lying areas extremely vulnerable.
Comments (4 of 4)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4...it must have taken a hell of a lot of effort to lift this off the RTE website. Well done.
The Irish will have been genocided by mass illegal third world immigration long before Global Warming threatens us.
Forgive me for ignoring your neologistic racist scaremongering in favour of caring about real threats to this country and the wider world.
Given that you're so worried about immigration, you might be interested to consider that climate change will result in millions of environmental refugees to add to the trickle of political and economic refugees that gets you so worked up.
entitled "Climate change and Agriculture"
is available at the link in pdf. format.
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