The risk of extreme storms on the west coast has risen by 25% as a direct result of human-induced global warming, a world-renowned climate change expert has claimed.

REVENUE raised from the carbon tax should be used to tackle fuel poverty, award-winning architect and RTÉ presenter, Duncan Stewart, said yesterday.

ONE of the authors of the latest climate change report said the time had come for action to replace aspiration in the Government’s response to the problem.

SCIENTISTS from the National University of Ireland, Galway, are leading one of the world’s largest studies into how microscopic marine plants might affect the earth’s climate, it emerged yesterday.

An new institute to monitor global warming and climate change is due to be opened at the NUI in Galway today.