Marine Heatwave
Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O'Brien has approved a new funding proposal of €2 million to support Cork, Dublin and Galway on the EU Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission. More frequent marine heatwaves and rising temperatures…
Scientists have warned that the seas around Ireland and much of Europe are warming beyond a stage that many marine species can tolerate. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) network of scientists forecast severe disruption to ecosystems, with impacts ranging from…
The marine heatwave of June 2023 in northern European seas was “unprecedented but not unexpected”, according to new research. A study by the University of Exeter, the British Met Office and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)…
Recent marine heatwaves in the north Atlantic pushed Ireland’s sea surface temperatures up four degrees Celsius higher than normal. As The Sunday Independent reports, satellite data analysed by the University of Maine’s climate change institute showed the impact of marine…
