An analysis of trends in Dublin Bay over eight decades has confirmed the sea-level is rising faster than expected - at approximately double the rate of global sea-level rise.
"There is no cause for mad optimism" that there will be a good outcome to address the climate crisis at the Cop26 global summit next month, Irish Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan has said.
Climate change simply did not rate as a hot issue during the election campaign among the vast majority of voters in spite of stark warnings and more evidence showing an overheating world.
Projects relating to climate change account for two thirds of entries qualifying for the final stage of this year's Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in an indication of strength of feeling among Irish students on the issue.
The prospect of limiting a rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees – a key target of the Paris climate change agreement – "is now almost comprehensively lost unless there is a revolution across the world", a UN official has said.
Oxygen in the world's oceans is depleting at an unprecedented rate, leaving species gasping for breath and devastating marine habitats, a report issued at the annual UN climate talks in Madrid has warned.
