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Ireland could experience 'Armageddon weather' in near future due to global warming, experts warn 科技资讯

时间：2019-11-10 来源：[美国] Daily Climate

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“In terms of sea level rise, by 2050 we’re probably looking in the region of 40 cm to 50 cm.

“Internationally, the expert body on this is the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change and they’re projecting for 2100 an increase of 80 cm.

“In the case of a city like Cork it is very significant when we look at the quay walls and we see what would 80 cm mean in terms of coastal flooding in the city.

“In addition, we have to think about the increase in frequency of intense precipitation events, you can imagine we will have increased levels of water coming down the (River) Lee and on top of that we will have a sea level rise plus a storm surge. “

He said extreme evens are predicted to become much more regular.

“A one in 100 year event will become a one in 20 year event, maybe a one in 10 year event maybe on a yearly basis.”

Meanwhile, the RTE programme also spells out how changes to the Gulf Stream could have devastating consequences for Ireland as it keeps the nation a couple of degrees warmer than the rest of Northern Europe despite out position so far away from the equator.

Dr Ger McCarthy, from the Department of Geography, at NUI Maynooth tells Ger Fleming what would happen if the warm ocean current malfunctions completely.

He said: “If the Gulf Stream shut down completely we might expect an eight degree cooling around Ireland, that’s transforming the climate of Ireland into the climate of Iceland.

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