Dublin sea-levels are rising faster than climate change models predicted, according to new research from Maynooth University.
Scientists at the Hamilton Institute and ICARUS Climate Research Centre analysed trends in Dublin Bay from 1938 to 2016.
In recent years they found the sea is rising at around double the rate of levels globally, leading them to the conclusion local factors are having an impact.
Amin Shoari Nejad, who led the Ocean Science published study, said: “Fluctuations are identified with sea levels rising from 1982 to 1988, before falling from 1989 to 1996, and once again rising from 1997 to 2016 at a rate of 7 mm per year.
