There are more light installations to come in different counties.
As of last week, Galway has some new LED light installations in place across the city. These installations are not simply artistic; the lines of light showcase the predicted rise in sea level by a storm surge in the year 2150.
According to RTÉ News, “The project is aimed at promoting conversations on climate change, and run along the Spanish Arch, Ard Bia in Nimmos, and along the Long Walk on the Claddagh Basin.”
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Postdoctoral researcher in sea level change at Trinity College Dublin, Dr Zoë Roseby said this to RTÉ News:
“What they’ll see is horizontal lines of light that are 1.9 meters high above the ground level of Spanish Arch, and what that nine 1.9 meters represents is a storm surge in the year 2150.
“We’re looking at storm surge that would be akin to Storm Eleanor, which many people will remember from January 2018, where there was flooding into and around the area”.
Dr Roseby said the visual representation of what we could be facing is important for people to see. And if people want to learn more, there will be a corresponding exhibition at the Galway Museum.
RTÉ reports that:
“The installations were created by Finnish artists Timo Aho and Pekka Niittyvirta, and developed by the LÃnte na Farraige project team, based on emissions scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PCC) Report AR6 and from Irish tide gauge data.”
There will be further light installations put in place in Wexford and Dublin.
Header image via Twitter/lintenafarraige
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