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Climate Change Is Making Ocean Waves More Powerful
The Inertia ^ | June 13, 2021 | Thomas Mortlock

Posted on 06/14/2021 11:41:08 AM PDT by Jayster

Sea level rise isn’t the only way climate change will devastate the coast. Our research, published on May 20, found it is also making waves more powerful, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

We plotted the trajectory of these stronger waves and found the coasts of South Australia and Western Australia, Pacific and Caribbean Islands, East Indonesia and Japan, and South Africa are already experiencing more powerful waves because of global warming.

This will compound the effects of sea level rise, putting low-lying island nations in the Pacific — such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands — in further danger, and changing how we manage coasts worldwide.

But it’s not too late to stop the worst effects — that is, if we drastically and urgently cut greenhouse gas emissions.

An Energetic Ocean Since the 1970s, the ocean has absorbed more than 90 percent of the heat gained by the planet. This has a range of impacts, including longer and more frequent marine heatwaves, coral bleaching, and providing an energy source for more powerful storms.

But our focus was on how warming oceans boost wave power. We looked at wave conditions over the past 35 years, and found global wave power has increased since at least the 1980s, mostly concentrated in the Southern Hemisphere, as more energy is being pumped into the oceans in the form of heat.

And a more energetic ocean means larger wave heights and more erosive energy potential for coastlines in some parts of the world than before.

(Excerpt) Read more at theinertia.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; ocean; waves
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The ConversationThis article was written by multiple authors: Thomas Mortlock, Senior Risk Scientist, Risk Frontiers, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University; Itxaso Odériz, Research assistant, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Nobuhito Mori, Professor, Kyoto University, and Rodolfo Silva, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

1 posted on 06/14/2021 11:41:08 AM PDT by Jayster
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Righteous bro, surf’s up


2 posted on 06/14/2021 11:42:18 AM PDT by Pollard
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Somebody tell Obozo so he can flee his Marthas Vineyard estate in the nick of time!


3 posted on 06/14/2021 11:42:50 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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Unfortunately for these lying freaks the frequency of storms has decreased. They never let facts get in the way of an agenda.


4 posted on 06/14/2021 11:43:54 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Jayster
Climate scientists cause global warming.
5 posted on 06/14/2021 11:44:22 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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Uh huh. I’ll put it on my list of things to be worried about. Position 19,382.


6 posted on 06/14/2021 11:44:57 AM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: Jayster

Florida’s already under water.

So there’s that.

< / AlGore >


7 posted on 06/14/2021 11:45:07 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protein'!)
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"Thomas Mortlock."


8 posted on 06/14/2021 11:50:34 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress.)
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To: Jayster

Fill in the blanks for a brand new headline that will cause panic and get us more money.

1. Climate change is causing ________ to do _________! ! !

2. Due to climate change the _______ are not going to _______! ! !


9 posted on 06/14/2021 11:51:09 AM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW)
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“And Leon is getting larger”


10 posted on 06/14/2021 11:51:38 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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This is just stupid.


11 posted on 06/14/2021 11:53:15 AM PDT by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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[Climate change] is also making waves more powerful...

I find it interesting that the article does not give any measure of the extent of the "power" change. They talk about wave height and length, but these factors are more determined by topography than temperature. This is one of those "believe-me-because-I-said-so" articles.

12 posted on 06/14/2021 11:54:18 AM PDT by econjack
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Since the planet’s ecosystem tends to equalize things, there’s always crazy weather going on somewhere.

It must be nice to have a target-rich “environment”.


13 posted on 06/14/2021 11:55:36 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Vaquero

Oh and that dress jeeeeese


14 posted on 06/14/2021 11:55:38 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: dirtymac

2. Due to climate change the __liberals’ bank accounts_____ are going to _increase in value______! ! !


15 posted on 06/14/2021 11:56:11 AM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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Righteous bro, surf’s up

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16 posted on 06/14/2021 12:03:29 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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17 posted on 06/14/2021 12:04:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pollard
Apparently the climate experts behind this study are unaware that the Caribbean is not in the southern hemisphere.
18 posted on 06/14/2021 12:05:46 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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The LAST thing we need is a weak ocean.


19 posted on 06/14/2021 12:07:52 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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Climate change has also made Biden stupider.


20 posted on 06/14/2021 12:08:34 PM PDT by albie
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