(Source: Pixabay)Climate change is expected to cause wetter Irish winters and drier summers.
A new report into the future of Ireland's oceans and ecosystem, shows the country's temperate climate could be upended by a reduction in the Gulf Stream.
The temperature of Irish water is already reducing, with more cold water fish entering our oceans.
Co-author of report, Dr. Gerard McCarthy, says it's "remarkable" Irish temperatures aren't expected to rise like in most other countries:
"When we look at a picture of the globe, what we see is global temperatures rising almost everywhere. Almost the only exception to that in the North Atlantic, between here and Canada, over the 20th Century has actually seen a slight cooling."
"This is a region that we know is influenced by the Gulf Stream and the currents that carry a lot of warm water north and this is really critical to the climate of Ireland".
