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 ...
Now you can hang ten all over the world!
Global Warming PING!
Toot-a-loo Tuvalu.
Crock of $h:+.
SEA LEVELS AREN'T EVEN AS HIGH AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE LITTLE ICE AGE COOLING PERIOD LOWERED THE SEA LEVELS FROM THE 14TH CENTURY THROUGH THE 18TH CENTURY!!!!
BIG set outside!
It’s, you will own nothing, and like it. 8>)
They’ll think powerful ocean waves once the Lord decides He has had enough. The only Climate Change they should be concerned about is which climate change they will experience once they take their last breath. Heaven or Hell! Choose Jesus!
Whatever.....
Climate Change is making my farts stronger. Don’t believe me? Pull my finger.
“An Energetic Ocean Since the 1970s, the ocean has absorbed more than 90 percent of the heat gained by the planet.”
When sunlight reaches the Earth’s surface, the world’s oceans absorb some of this energy and store it as heat. Currents also move this heat around the world. Water has a much higher heat capacity than air, meaning the oceans can absorb larger amounts of heat energy with only a slight increase in temperature. About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog.
So if this is normal throughout history, why is it being blamed for anything?
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Isn’t there some newish electrical generating technology that converts ocean waves into electricity? So these bigger waves are a plus! We can use that extra power to charge our batteries in the electric cars the government is going to make mandatory.
All is well!
We’re all gonna die one day.
Compared to when?
Since God separated the waters? What were they like during that momentous event?
Do you have video?
Lot of tectonic uplift in the eastern Med as the Africa plate pushes into the European plate. Pisa Italy as well as Ostium used to be seaports too.
We must stop Climate Change before it kills again!
Shifting of tectonic plates does the same thing!
Once you create the boogie man, the possibilities are endless.
This is PERFECT! Using water turbines to produce clean energy just got more efficient! Bigger waves = MORE POWER! So why in the world are the Greenies upset?
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