Even a small rise in sea level can have big impacts on coastal properties, so we must do all we can to limit the changes while taking them into account in coastal land-use planning.
- Adjunct Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
Do record-breaking wind speeds mean a particularly catastrophic storm? Not always – and it can be tricky to get precise measurements.
The record-breaking Cyclone Freddy was a wake-up call to prepare for the storms of the future.
Climate change is changing wave patterns and strength. Bigger waves combined with sea level rise will hit coasts hard – but only in some countries.
New research looked at wave conditions over the past 40 years, and found wave power has increased since at least the 1980s, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.
Antarctica studies show sea level rise may be happening faster than we’re planning for, and airports will be hit hard.
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