It's been decades since a new train station was built in Cork. Irish Rail plans to open eight new stations, but can they follow through amidst the climate crisis?
Here the flood map, it was last updated in 2020 but is useful for showing the elevations.
https://sealevel.climatecentral.org/
We are expecting 3 meter sea level rise by 2100 according the KNMI a couple of month ago (https://nos.nl/collectie/13871/artikel/2495205-onderzoek-antarctische-ijskap-blijft-ook-bij-streng-klimaatbeleid-smelten) based on
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x
Plus 1 meter due to the collapse of the AMOC as published two weeks ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds
based on
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189
Most of these railway lines and stations will be useless with only 1 meter sea level increase.
A good rainfall is already to much:
https://www.independent.ie/videos/flooding-on-cork-rail-line/a1173307656.html
Here the flood map, it was last updated in 2020 but is useful for showing the elevations.
https://sealevel.climatecentral.org/
We are expecting 3 meter sea level rise by 2100 according the KNMI a couple of month ago (https://nos.nl/collectie/13871/artikel/2495205-onderzoek-antarctische-ijskap-blijft-ook-bij-streng-klimaatbeleid-smelten) based on
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x
Plus 1 meter due to the collapse of the AMOC as published two weeks ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds
based on
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189
Most of these railway lines and stations will be useless with only 1 meter sea level increase.
A good rainfall is already to much:
https://www.independent.ie/videos/flooding-on-cork-rail-line/a1173307656.html