Leading climate scientist says expect more deluges like last Saturday's

11 Aug 2008

Speaking on Morning Ireland this morning, Professor John Sweeny of NUI Maynooth, a leading climatologist and a member of the Board of Friends of the Earth Ireland, said that instense rainfall events like Saturday's deluge in Dublin will happen more often in future because of climate change.

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