Sea levels

An expert has warned protections are ‘urgently’ needed Ireland is being urged to prepare plans for evacuations of coastal areas as climate change intensifies. Experts are warning that plans for ’emergency coastal evacuations’ are needed ‘urgently’. Prof Iris Moller told the Irish Times: “There has been no time in the past when we have built […]

3 months ago

The sea level rise in the capital is “faster than expected”. New research from Maynooth University on sea level trends in Dublin Bay over eight decades has confirmed elevated rates of sea level rise in recent years. Led by the Hamilton Institute and ICARUS Climate Research Centre at the university, the analysis saw researchers generate […]

4 years ago