{"id":350790,"date":"2024-11-10T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T11:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350790"},"modified":"2024-11-10T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T11:22:31","slug":"new-paper-wave-height-storm-surge-changes-over-past-30-years-too-small-for-measurable-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350790","title":{"rendered":"New Paper: Wave Height, Storm Surge Changes Over Past 30 Years Too Small For Measurable Impact!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NoTrickZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper appearing in Nature \u201cAn assessment of whether long-term global changes in waves and storm surges have impacted global coastlines<\/a>\u201d emerges with good news: The coasts of the world\u2019s oceans are stable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Gore doesn\u2019t have to worry about his beachfront home. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s\u00a0European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) here<\/a>\u00a0presents its newest video (in Germany) that features the recent study on sea level rise and its impact with respect to significant wave heights, storm surges and coastlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From:\u00a0An assessment of whether long-term global changes in waves and storm surges have impacted global coastlines<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the authors of the Nature publication, there\u2019s limited evidence for wave and storm surge impact on long-term shoreline change and the available datasets do not show a clear correlation between long-term shoreline change and changes in wave and storm surge over the past three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, there have been minimal changes in significant wave height and storm surge over the past 30 years, and they are likely too small to have a measurable impact on sandy shorelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other factors such as sea level rise, terrestrial sediment sources, alongshore sediment transport, fluvial sediment loads, land reclamation, and local sediment sinks\/sources can significantly impact shoreline position, and thus may mask any clear relationship between wave\/surge forcing and shoreline response over the past 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence, while wave and storm surge can influence coastal erosion, the available data does not provide conclusive evidence of their significant impact on long-term shoreline change over the past three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other factors seem to play a more dominant role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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