Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts

M Casas-Prat, MA Hemer, G Dodet, J Morim… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Wind-waves have an important role in Earth system dynamics through air–sea interactions
and are key drivers of coastal and offshore hydro-morphodynamics that affect communities …

On the concordance of 21st century wind-wave climate projections

J Morim, M Hemer, N Cartwright, D Strauss… - Global and planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding anticipated climate-induced changes in the global wind-wave climate is
paramount for sustainable development of coastal and ocean industry-operations …

Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Global warming is expected to drive increasing extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk
along the world's coastlines. In this work we present probabilistic projections of ESLs for the …

Climate change risk to global port operations

C Izaguirre, IJ Losada, P Camus, JL Vigh… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
The ports sector is critical to global transport and trade. Climate change may compromise
port operations, resulting in an increase in operational shutdowns and subsequent …

Robustness and uncertainties in global multivariate wind-wave climate projections

J Morim, M Hemer, XL Wang, N Cartwright… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding climate-driven impacts on the multivariate global wind-wave climate is
paramount to effective offshore/coastal climate adaptation planning. However, the use of …

Extreme sea levels on the rise along Europe's coasts

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Future extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk along European coasts will be strongly
impacted by global warming. Yet, comprehensive projections of ESL that include mean sea …

Global ocean wave fields show consistent regional trends between 1980 and 2014 in a multi-product ensemble

L Erikson, J Morim, M Hemer, I Young… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Historical trends in the direction and magnitude of ocean surface wave height, period, or
direction are debated due to diverse data, time-periods, or methodologies. Using a …

Statistical wave climate projections for coastal impact assessments

P Camus, IJ Losada, C Izaguirre, A Espejo… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Global multimodel wave climate projections are obtained at 1.0°× 1.0° scale from 30
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) global circulation model (GCM) …

Managing coastal erosion under climate change at the regional scale

A Toimil, IJ Losada, P Camus, P Díaz-Simal - Coastal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive methodology that addresses climate change–induced
coastal erosion at the regional scale O (100 km). The use of climate data with high space …

Projections of extreme ocean waves in the Arctic and potential implications for coastal inundation and erosion

M Casas‐Prat, XL Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arctic Ocean wave climate is undergoing a dramatic change due to the sea ice
retreat. This study presents simulations of the Arctic regional wave climate corresponding to …