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.
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.
Ireland will have to be turned "entirely on its head" over the next decade to tackle climate change, the secretary general at the Department for Communications, Climate Action, and the Environment has said.
