• Login
    View Item 
    •   Marine Institute Open Access Repository
    • Marine Institute Community of Research Publications
    • Marine Foresight Series
    • Marine Foresight Series
    • View Item
    •   Marine Institute Open Access Repository
    • Marine Institute Community of Research Publications
    • Marine Foresight Series
    • Marine Foresight Series
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of Marine OARCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Display statistics

    Climate Change: Implications for Ireland’s Marine Environment and Resources

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    Foresight Series 2 Climate Change ...
    Size:
    695.9Kb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Author
    Boelens, R.
    Minchin, D.
    O'Sullivan, G.
    Keyword
    Climate Change
    Date
    2005
    Publisher
    Marine Institute
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Climate has always varied. However, the prospect of continuing global and regional climate change beyond that of normal climatic variation, due to a build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is now a real possibility. This has potentially serious implications, and possibly some benefits, for the future development of our marine resources. Predicted changes include a greater incidence of storm damage and flooding in low-lying coastal areas and various impacts on marine life including modifications in primary production, food chains and geographical ranges of some species. Increased storm intensity may have significant implications for coastal structures, navigation as well as marine search and rescue operations. Changing marine ecosystems will also have real implications for environmental monitoring, protection and conservation strategies. While international actions to curtail or reduce the rate of climate change are of paramount importance, even if such actions succeed the levels of greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere are likely to persist for several decades. We must, therefore, improve capacities to predict the types and rates of change and identify the adaptation measures that need to be applied in marine resource use and management. In the absence of policies and measures to prepare for and accommodate the changes, even the more moderate of the predicted scenarios will have significant social and economic impacts.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10793/560
    Citation
    Boelens, R., Minchin, D. & O'Sullivan, G., "Climate Change: Implications for Ireland’s Marine Environment and Resources", Marine Foresight Series, Marine Institute 2005
    Collections
    Marine Foresight Series

    entitlement

     
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2018  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.