Milder winters, warm summers and more flooding by 2080s, study finds

MILDER winters, warmer summers and more frequent flooding will be the norm by the 2080s, according to research at the Marine Institute laboratories in Co Mayo.

Global warming is having a clear impact on the Burrishoole river catchment area being studied by researchers at the Mayo institute, in collaboration with UCD and Trinity College. The computer models being analysed will assist Irish fisheries and land use managers to plan ahead for the future impacts of climate change on sensitive peatland river catchments.

This work has been developed as part of the NDP-funded RESCALE project (Review and Simulate Climate and Catchment Responses at Burrishoole), newly launched by Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister, Brendan Smith.