Read the following passage:

“intense green vegetation…covers most of [ireland]…ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. the atlantic ocean, particularly the warm currents in the north atlantic drift, give the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude.”

-from nasa, earth observatory web site (2011)

based on this passage, what is unusual about ireland’s climate?

1: warmer than expected given its latitude

2: colder than expected given its nearness to the ocean

3: wetter than expected given that it is an island

4: drier than expected given its northerly location