From top: Ireland under sea in 2050 as imagined for tonight’s show presented ; Gerard Fleming
Gulp.
In a stark message to be delivered tonight, former RTÉ weather presenter Gerard Fleming is set to warn “the sea will come and take them back”.
There is a set of circumstances adding up to such a threat that has every chance of happening before 2050, he says. Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Drogheda and Wexford are also vulnerable, Fleming points out, but Dublin and Cork “are where most of the assets are concentrated”.
Right so.
Will Ireland Survive 2050? at 9.30pm on RTÉ1.
Can Ireland survive events of chaotic climate change? (Kevin O’Sullivan, irish Times)
What impact will climate change have on Ireland in 2050? (RTÉ)
Montages: Eddie Sheanon/Midas Productions
Are the flesh-coloured things in the top pic;
Proboscian
Mammarian
Arseian
Water Butts.
buses still runnin anyway i see
Bubblin’ Bus.
our new aqua-marine mermen bus drivers will be paid in fish and crustaceans.
In 60,000 years dublin will be under a mile of ice. That will sort the flooding out.
Great photographs from last Thursday.
Move government to Moate
AAAAH! ZOMBIE GERARD FLEMING!!
2050? where are all the hovercars and zombie overlords?
Just as the mortgage is paid off…lovely!
They can then replace the buses on O’Connell St with gondolas and vaporetti.
You can play around with this interactive map to see if you’re likely to be below water in 2050.
https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/12/-6.2452/53.3362/?theme=sea_level_rise&map_type=coastal_dem_comparison&elevation_model=coastal_dem&forecast_year=2050&pathway=rcp45&percentile=p50&return_level=return_level_1&slr_model=kopp_2014
Hah!
Looking at the map, zooming out…. then looking back at the title of the programme… Hah! hahahahaha :)