Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines
- Written by Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, found a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50% of the world’s coastlines.
If the climate warms by more than 2℃ beyond pre-industrial levels, southern Australia is likely to...
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