Brook Hayes Jan 14 , 2019
Global wave energy is increasing as ocean temperatures rise. Photo by UPI/Shutterstock/Ethan Daniels
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Waves around the world are getting stronger as a result of the energy provided by global warming.
According to a new paper published in the journal Nature, scientists have discovered a correlation between increases in ocean temperatures and wave energy.
Climate scientists have mostly focused on the effects of climate change on ocean temperatures, ocean currents, sea level rise and melting sea ice, but new research suggests surface-level wind speeds and wave heights are changing as ocean temperatures increase.
"For the first time, we have identified a global signal of the effect of global warming in wave climate," Borja G. Reguero, researcher in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said in a news release. "In fact, wave power has increased globally by 0.4 percent per year since 1948, and this increase is correlated with the increasing sea-surface temperatures, both globally and by ocean regions."
The influence of global warming on global wave power is strong enough that scientists think the measurement could be used as an important indicator of climate change's influence on ocean and atmospheric systems -- on par with indicators like carbon dioxide concentration and the global sea level rise.
Wave energy is the most powerful driver of coastal change and flooding, affecting where and how coastal communities build infrastructure -- harbors, levees and breakwaters. Increases in global wave power can amplify the impacts of sea level rise on coastal communities.
"Our results indicate that risk analysis neglecting the changes in wave power and having sea level rise as the only driver may underestimate the consequences of climate change and result in insufficient or maladaptation," said Fernando J. Méndez, associate professor at the University of Cantabria.
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Knight Sha
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Now that is scary
ReplyDeletesomeday there will be a monster tsunami, even bigger than the one which decimated Japan. As high as a skyscaper and powerful enough to drown an island like England or, more likely, Japan, permanently. All countries near and including Japan are in the area most subject to earthquakes and tsunamis.
Every climate event is getting bigger and scarier each year. How much does it take to scare people into action?? Good eye opening article Knight Sha.
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Aunt Jeannie ,
ReplyDeleteIt's very scary , scientists say we will lose a lot of our coastal land , people will have to move inland to higher ground . I think people is beginning to come around .
Aunt Jeannie if Mr. Trump stop all his stupid shenanigans , do the job that he was elected to do , mama has a shelter for ladies , the government ( HUD) pays their rent , they get food stamps , they won't get food stamps (SNAP) until the government reopens there are lots people that going to soup kitchens , food banks , just to survive , Mama is helping Aunt Emily collecting food and other stuff for the church so that people can come to the church to get a little help. You would be proud of your Knights , we are collecting food and others things people need , Charles and Charlene is doing the same we we sent emails to the other properties ,to the persons in charge of things to ask the employees to donate food , clothes , toiletries and whatever they have , the employees here always come through , so does the ones in Reno , Aunt Jeannie they need help , you never know when you or someone close to you will need a helping hand maybe not food , maybe help to change a flat tire . I get so angry at the way Mr. Trump is using the government workers to get his childish way .
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Knight Sha
I am so proud of the Knights for helping people who are so much in need right now. Most of those Federal workers have children to feed and mortgages to pay. They live from one pay check to the next. They have no back-up money, no plan B. I have heard of some of them selling their cars to get grocery money. Mr Trump is playing games with people's lives. He has lots to eat. In fact he is getting fatter.
ReplyDeleteI have always been extremely proud of Mama for running a shelter for battered women. I should tell her more often. There are so few places those women can go to for help. And they are so frightened.
You guys are acting like true Knights. You're the best.
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