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| From | gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Extreme Pacific Sea Level Events To Double In Future |
| Date | 2015-09-29 22:14 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <mufk32$npm$2@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <bbmdne63KJWCppbLnZ2dnUU7-fWdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 9/29/2015 8:30 PM, Sam Wormley wrote: Science Fiction. >> Abstract >> >> Global mean sea levels are projected to gradually rise in response to >> greenhouse warming. However, on shorter time scales, modes of natural >> climate variability in the Pacific, such as the El Niño–Southern >> Oscillation (ENSO), can affect regional sea level variability and >> extremes, with considerable impacts on coastal ecosystems and island >> nations. How these shorter-term sea level fluctuations will change in >> association with a projected increase in extreme El Niño and its >> atmospheric variability remains unknown. Using present-generation >> coupled climate models forced with increasing greenhouse gas >> concentrations and subtracting the effect of global mean sea level >> rise, we find that climate change will enhance El Niño–related sea >> level extremes, especially in the tropical southwestern Pacific, >> where very low sea level events, locally known as Taimasa, are >> projected to double in occurrence. Additionally, and throughout the >> tropical Pacific, prolonged interannual sea level inundations are >> also found to become more likely with greenhouse warming and >> increased frequency of extreme La Niña events, thus exacerbating the >> coastal impacts of the projected global mean sea level rise. >> >> Citation >> >> Future extreme sea level seesaws in the tropical Pacific by Matthew >> J. Widlansky, Axel Timmermann and Wenju Cai published in Science >> Advances, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500560 >> >
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Extreme Pacific Sea Level Events To Double In Future Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 20:30 -0500 Re: Extreme Pacific Sea Level Events To Double In Future gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-09-29 22:14 -0500 Re: Extreme Pacific Sea Level Events To Double In Future benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 00:20 -0400 Re: Extreme Pacific Sea Level Events To Double In Future jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-30 05:05 +0000
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