Exaggerated AMOC collapse headlines may cloud Ireland's real storm and rain risks, says oceanographer
The real climate risks to Ireland from changes to the Atlantic currents that sustain its mild climate are obscured by exaggerated claims in media headlines and movies, according to Dr. Gerard McCarthy, a Maynooth University (MU) oceanographer at the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS)...
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The real climate risks to Ireland from changes to the Atlantic currents that sustain its mild climate are obscured by exaggerated claims in media headlines and movies, according to Dr. Gerard McCarthy, a Maynooth University (MU) oceanographer at the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS) in the Department of Geography, who has led research recently published in Nature Climate Change.
Originally published at Phys.org
