{"id":585876,"date":"2023-08-04T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pacific-ocean-waves-surf-getting-bigger-as-climate-warms-study\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T00:43:10","slug":"pacific-ocean-waves-surf-getting-bigger-as-climate-warms-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pacific-ocean-waves-surf-getting-bigger-as-climate-warms-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pacific Ocean waves, surf getting bigger as climate warms: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"7053972001\" title=\"Climate change: How US cities are already feeling the effects\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/03\/15\/USAT\/d8816d82-a2bc-4209-918f-589689e74a1e-ClimateChange_RectThumb.png\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/03\/15\/USAT\/d8816d82-a2bc-4209-918f-589689e74a1e-ClimateChange_RectThumb.png\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">Climate change: How US cities are already feeling the effects<\/p>\n<p>A new UN study shows climate change is no longer a hypothetical of the future. Here&#8217;s how it&#8217;s already affecting regions across the country and what you can do to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>Just the FAQs, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>The sea is getting angry, my friends.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>Waves and surf along the California coast are getting bigger and taller because of global warming, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2023JC019722\">new study<\/a> released this week suggests.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, winter wave heights along the Golden State have risen by nearly a foot since 1970. And surf of at least 13 feet is becoming more common off the coast as the climate warms.<\/p>\n<p>And while this could be good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for surfers, the bigger waves could lead to additional flooding and erosion along California\u2019s coast, which is already threatened by accelerating sea-level rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaves ride on top of the sea level, which is rising due to climate change,\u201d said study lead author Peter Bromirski, an oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. \u201cWhen sea levels are elevated even further during storms, more wave energy can potentially reach vulnerable sea cliffs, flood low-lying regions, or damage coastal infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/25\/USAT\/782113ce-6966-464a-b263-59d4541c7c92-XXX_sd_El_Nino_Damage_4795_1.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/25\/USAT\/782113ce-6966-464a-b263-59d4541c7c92-XXX_sd_El_Nino_Damage_4795_1.JPG?crop=2660,1995,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/25\/USAT\/782113ce-6966-464a-b263-59d4541c7c92-XXX_sd_El_Nino_Damage_4795_1.JPG?crop=1500,2000,x0,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/25\/USAT\/782113ce-6966-464a-b263-59d4541c7c92-XXX_sd_El_Nino_Damage_4795_1.JPG?crop=2999,1687,x0,y152 16:9\" image-alt=\"An house stands on the edge of an eroding cliff  with the Pacifica Pier in the background Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Pacifica, Calif.\" credit=\"AP Photo\/Eric Risberg\" caption=\"An house stands on the edge of an eroding cliff  with the Pacifica Pier in the background Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Pacifica, Calif.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p>Damage from intense storms and massive surf is already playing out. This past winter, California\u2019s severe storms and giant waves collapsed bluffs and damaged piers.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>According to the study, as sea levels rise, even waves of moderate height are expected to hit the coast with as much force as the bigger waves today, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/climate\/video\/california-wave-heights-have-risen-with-global-warming\">Weather.com<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<p>The researchers used 90 years of seismic data to measure past wave heights, creating what they call an &#8220;unprecedented record&#8221; of the waves that have pounded California\u2019s coast over the past several decades.<\/p>\n<p>They found that average winter wave heights have grown by as much as a foot since 1970, when global warming is believed to have begun accelerating. Swells at least 13 feet are also h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening a lot more often, occurring at least twice as often from 1996 to 2016 than from 1949 to 1969.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Oceans rise, houses fall: <\/strong>The California beach dream home is turning into a nightmare<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This study joins past research that suggests storm activity in the North Pacific Ocean has increased under climate change, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography said.<\/p>\n<p>Oceanographer Gary Griggs at the University of California Santa Cruz, who was not involved in the research, said the new research adds to growing scientific data showing how fast the world is warming and how quickly seas are rising.<\/p>\n<p>The study was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/15\/USAT\/91c6a7e2-b8f2-4477-b974-0ad4943b1fdd-AP_California_Storms.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/15\/USAT\/91c6a7e2-b8f2-4477-b974-0ad4943b1fdd-AP_California_Storms.JPG?crop=2716,2037,x158,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/15\/USAT\/91c6a7e2-b8f2-4477-b974-0ad4943b1fdd-AP_California_Storms.JPG?crop=1528,2038,x792,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/15\/USAT\/91c6a7e2-b8f2-4477-b974-0ad4943b1fdd-AP_California_Storms.JPG?crop=3167,1782,x0,y126 16:9\" image-alt=\"Boulders shore up an eroding cliff below an apartment complex that residents were forced to evacuate, at top left, in Pacifica, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. El Nino storms delivering crashing waves and powerful rain storms have put homes perched atop coastal bluffs near San Francisco in danger, forcing residents of apartment complexes to leave. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu) ORG XMIT: CAJC112\" credit=\"Jeff Chiu, AP\" caption=\"Boulders shore up an eroding cliff below an apartment complex that residents were forced to evacuate, at top left, in Pacifica, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. El Nino storms delivering crashing waves and powerful rain storms have put homes perched atop coastal bluffs near San Francisco in danger, forcing residents of apartment complexes to leave. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu) ORG XMIT: CAJC112\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p><em>Contributing: The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2023-08-04 00:43:10 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2023-08-04 14:33:37 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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