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Tue 11 Nov 2002Climate is getting warmer and wetterIreland is getting warmer and wetter, with swallows arriving earlier and frosts later, in trends that mirror global climate change, according to a scientific study published yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency.The study, Climate Change: Indicators for Ireland, said these changes in the weather could be attributed substantially to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly as a result of burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil.