Right on cue
Sigh
From Japan To The Rest Of The World, Is Climate Change Making Tsunamis Deadlier?
(skipping through a recap of the earthquake and tsunamis
Amid this crisis, a broader question emerges: Is climate change making tsunamis even more dangerous? While earthquakes remain the primary cause of tsunamis, climate-related factors—such as rising seas and melting glaciers—are reshaping the scale and impact of these deadly waves. Here’s what we should know.
Climate factors do not directly generate tsunamis, but they do intensify their consequences. Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and destabilising coastal and underwater sediments all contribute to making tsunamis more severe and far-reaching.
One of the clearest links to climate change is sea-level rise. Since 1900, global mean sea level has risen by more than 20?cm due to the melting ice sheets and ocean thermal expansion. Higher baseline water levels mean that tsunami waves travel inland farther than in past decades. A wave that would have perished harmlessly before may now inundate low-lying communities and critical infrastructure.
20cm is 7.87 inches. The average sea rise per century during the Holocene, roughly the last 8,000 years, is 6-8 inches per century. As I’ve noted many times, this means that warm periods will be much higher because the cool periods will be much lower to even negative. So, 8 inches in 125 years is nothing. Anyhow, what the article fails to do is explain exactly how rising sea levels, etc, are contributing to make them more severe and far-reaching. I guess we’re supposed to take it on faith.
While the number of tsunamis has not increased dramatically due to climate change, their impact is worsening, especially where development and population density intersect vulnerable coastlines.
So, more damage is because more people live in coastal areas and there’s more property there. The cult is just so tedious.
And here I thought the earthquake was all Donald Trump’s fault!