By degrees: how climate change is already affecting your farm
By degrees: how climate change is already affecting your farm - 01 May 2024
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By degrees: how climate change is already affecting your farm - 01 May 2024
We’ve seen the scorching temperatures around the world, followed by catastrophic flooding and now comes our second storm in 24 hours. The exit of Isha and arrival of Jocelyn marks the meteorological equivalent of one damn thing being followed by another.
According to the yearly report from Met Éireann, 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded in Ireland.
Sailors used to fret about how much the tempest would test the worth of their anchor. But as Storm Gerrit blows itself out – the eighth named extreme weather event in four months – it is no longer a case of any port in a storm for mariners, as there are few safe harbours.
24 out of 25 synoptic stations had their warmest year on record, of which only Sherkin Island, off the coast of Cork, previously had a slightly ...