Palm Trees in Ireland

by John Moyer

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Palm Trees in Ireland

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John Moyer

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I am including this photo even though I made it with very old technology because it has been included in some scientific papers with my permission (and some without my permission).

The climate is mild enough in North West Ireland for palm trees to grow because of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation which transports heat from the Southern Hemisphere and the tropics to the North Atlantic. The photo below is being used as an illustration in a publication of the U.S. Geological Survey on the subject of rapid climate change. It is included as figure 1.7 (with permission) in chapter one (SAP 3.4.1) written by Peter Clark, Andrew Weaver, Ed Brook, Edward Cook, Tom Delworth, and Konrad Steffen. The photo was made on January 15, 2004 at Mullaghmore Head in County Sligo, Ireland.

The final version of the paper on climate change is online now at http://downloads.globalchange.gov/sap/sap3-4/sap3-4-final-report-ch1.pdf .

I oriiginally published it on my wife's web site at https://www.a-wee-bit-of-ireland.com/eire_jan_2004/mullaghmore_8.html

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August 18th, 2018

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