{"id":1722,"date":"2021-05-11T09:20:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T09:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizon.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T09:20:06","slug":"why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n

Rogue waves that strike without warning across the Mediterranean and elsewhere may become more frequent as the climate changes, early-stage research suggests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions, and it can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. They are not as massive, nor as well-known, as ordinary tsunamis, which are caused by earthquakes in the ocean floor, and they are more localised. But they can damage property and endanger human life.<\/p>\n

A meteotsunami in the harbour of Ciutadella on the Spanish island of Menorca in 2006, for example, sent yachts crashing into each other and then dumped them on the harbour floor as it drained away, causing\u00a0tens of millions of euros<\/a>\u00a0in damage. Meteotsunamis also feature in local legends \u2013 one meteotsunami in sixteenth century Croatia swept away the bridge that linked two sides of a village bringing them to their senses over a feud that had arisen between them.<\/p>\n

Researchers already understand the conditions that trigger such tsunamis, according to Professor Jadranka \u0160epi\u0107, an assistant professor and meteorologist at the University of Split, Croatia.<\/p>\n

At the coast, there must be a drop down to a shallow shelf of up to 100m deep that juts out at least a few tens of kilometres into the sea. Such a feature is found on the east coast of the United States and in the channel between France and England, for example.<\/p>\n

This shape has an effect on the speed of long-ocean waves \u2013 those that travel over long distances\u00a0rather than the wind-caused breakers that hit the shoreline every few seconds. When these 10km-long waves reach this kind of shelf they slow down to a speed of 50 to 110 kilometres per hour, depending on the depth.<\/p>\n

Crucially, this can be slow enough to match the speed of atmospheric gravity waves above them. If the two speeds coincide, and if the two sets of waves then synchronise, energy from the atmospheric wave siphons down into that of the wave in the water, \u2018and this wave in the sea grows bigger and bigger, kind of like a resonance,\u2019 said Prof. \u0160epi\u0107.<\/p>\n

\u2018So at the surface it looks fine, but at high levels there is something happening that is more energetic.\u2019<\/p>\n

Prof. Jadranka \u0160epi\u0107, University of Split, Croatia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Atmospheric waves<\/strong><\/p>\n

But what causes those atmospheric waves is less well understood, says Prof. \u0160epi\u0107. She leads a project known as\u00a0SHExtreme<\/a>\u00a0to discover the processes behind them and whether they will be more common as the climate changes.<\/p>\n

\u2018We know how the atmosphere and the ocean interact \u2026 but we want to find out what exactly helps these processes in the atmosphere to develop, what kind of larger setting in the atmosphere allows for these smaller processes,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

If they increase in incidence, she points out, then there will be a corresponding increase in the incidence of the biggest meteotsunamis. What\u2019s more, because of sea level rise, they will have a further reach than today.<\/p>\n

\u2018The first thing is they will happen from a higher sea level so they will be more dangerous,\u2019 said Prof. \u0160epi\u0107. \u2018But the second thing we need to check is what will happen to these atmospheric waves \u2013 will they happen more often or less often? If they happen less often it could happen that these two events cancel each other \u2026 but if we have \u2026 more of these favourable atmospheric processes then there is a problem: you have a meteotsunami which is more likely to happen and which will start from a higher level.\u2019<\/p>\n

SHExtreme is collecting evidence of previous such waves and comparing them with the atmospheric processes going on at the time.<\/p>\n

To do so requires tidal data which has been collected by mechanical tide gauges as far back as the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century, and is now mostly recorded through digital radar and pressure sensors on the sea floor.<\/p>\n

For the more historical work, however, there was a hitch. Tables of sea level data before around 2010 register the height only every hour. This is too coarse a measurement because a meteotsunami could roll in, do its damage and depart in just a few minutes.<\/p>\n

Because of this, Prof. \u0160epi\u0107 has had to find the original analogue charts \u2013 made by a needle wavering up and down a rotating cylinder \u2013 from which the tables were compiled. She is working through these records for the whole of the Croatian coast. Colleagues, meanwhile, have done the same for Finland.<\/p>\n

Since 2010, the International Oceanographic Commission has been providing\u00a0sea level height measurements taken around the globe every minute. So Prof. \u0160epi\u0107\u2019s team is prioritising study of this period, looking for patterns in the data such as seasonal distributions and the breadth of coastline affected.<\/p>\n

Summer<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far, the team has shown that Mediterranean meteotsunamis tend to be stronger in the summer. Despite calm conditions at ground level, fast winds of dry air from Africa can be racing through the atmosphere some 1,500 metres up and this is what seems to trigger the atmospheric waves.<\/p>\n

\u2018At the surface it looks fine, but at high levels there is something happening that is more energetic,\u2019 she said. Testing this theory for Spain\u2019s Balearic Islands coasts, she said \u2018we were able to show that, if you have this situation in the atmosphere, there is a very high chance that a meteotsunami will happen \u2013 this situation almost always generates these atmospheric waves\u2019.<\/p>\n

The next step is to consider the future. There are many simulations of how the atmosphere will behave under climate change. For the Balearic Islands, the worst-case scenario of one simulation revealed a 30% increase in the number of days favourable to meteotsunamis because of an increase in the number of days during which there are these high-level winds.<\/p>\n

\u2018But the problem is we used only one climate simulation \u2013 this was like a prototype model,\u2019 said Prof. \u0160epi\u0107. \u2018You need to look at ten or 20 climate simulations.\u2019<\/p>\n

Looking at more simulations\u00a0is something she plans to do in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n

Scientists in the United States think they have made a breakthrough in forecasting meteotsunamis, at least for Lake Michigan. In April 2018 the beach town of Ludington was drenched by a wave that damaged boat docks and homes, flooded intake pipes \u2013 and could have carried away beach-goers if it had happened a little later in the year.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s a gap in our forecasting,\u2019 said Dr Eric Anderson, an oceanographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.<\/p>\n

His team reported in late March that, using photos taken by a local resident, and other data, they should, with existing forecasting tools, be able to\u00a0predict<\/a>\u00a0such an event minutes to hours in advance.<\/p>\n

Prof. \u0160epi\u0107 says that forecasting is already in place for the Balearics but they are \u2018often wrong,\u2019 because they are based either on a statistical chance according to the atmospheric conditions or on models that cannot give precise forecasts of atmospheric waves at small scale.<\/p>\n

SHExtreme may change that. At the very least, Prof. \u0160epi\u0107 said, \u2018we hope we will be able to show which parts of the European coast are in most danger now and also in the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

Just how are our seas changing and rising with climate change and the melting of Earth\u2019s ice caps? In this three-part\u00a0series<\/a>, we look\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>at\u00a0the past, present and future of extreme sea level rise. In part\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>three we will look at\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>how habitants of cities with high flood protection are paradoxically put more at risk of extreme flooding. In\u00a0part one<\/a>, we looked at what the last interglacial can tell us about extreme sea level rise.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The research in this article was funded by the EU\u2019s European Research Council.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Originally published on Horizon Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rogue waves that strike without warning across the Mediterranean and elsewhere may become more frequent as the climate changes, early-stage research suggests. A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions, and it can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. They are not as massive, nor … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[126,416],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-earth-energy-environment","tag-climate-change","tag-sea-level-rise"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common - Horizon Magazine Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rogue waves that strike without warning across the Mediterranean and elsewhere may become more frequent as the climate changes, early-stage research suggests. A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions, and it can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. They are not as massive, nor ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Horizon Magazine Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-11T09:20:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aisling Irwin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aisling Irwin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Aisling Irwin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e83541e32d03643ff153c4edd112d573\"},\"headline\":\"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-11T09:20:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1308,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"climate change\",\"sea level rise\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Earth, Energy & Environment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common - Horizon Magazine Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-11T09:20:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions that can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. Image credit - NOAASatellites, licensed under CC PDM 1.0\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/1722\\\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/\",\"name\":\"Horizon Magazine Blog\",\"description\":\"The EU Research & Innovation Magazine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Horizon Magazine Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/eu-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/eu-logo.jpg\",\"width\":601,\"height\":283,\"caption\":\"Horizon Magazine Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e83541e32d03643ff153c4edd112d573\",\"name\":\"Aisling Irwin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c0f9a126ff416fd189b170e7d82ca3350e022ae3dd403001a11b09cb5de3a4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c0f9a126ff416fd189b170e7d82ca3350e022ae3dd403001a11b09cb5de3a4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c0f9a126ff416fd189b170e7d82ca3350e022ae3dd403001a11b09cb5de3a4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Aisling Irwin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scienceblog.com\\\/horizon\\\/author\\\/aislingirwin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common - Horizon Magazine Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common","og_description":"Rogue waves that strike without warning across the Mediterranean and elsewhere may become more frequent as the climate changes, early-stage research suggests. A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions, and it can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. They are not as massive, nor ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/","og_site_name":"Horizon Magazine Blog","article_published_time":"2021-05-11T09:20:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Aisling Irwin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aisling Irwin","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/"},"author":{"name":"Aisling Irwin","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#\/schema\/person\/e83541e32d03643ff153c4edd112d573"},"headline":"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common","datePublished":"2021-05-11T09:20:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/"},"wordCount":1308,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg","keywords":["climate change","sea level rise"],"articleSection":["Earth, Energy & Environment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/","url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/","name":"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common - Horizon Magazine Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-11T09:20:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions that can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. Image credit - NOAASatellites, licensed under CC PDM 1.0"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1722\/why-climate-change-could-make-mediterranean-atmospheric-meteotsunamis-more-common\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric \u2018meteotsunamis\u2019 more common"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#website","url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/","name":"Horizon Magazine Blog","description":"The EU Research & Innovation Magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#organization","name":"Horizon Magazine Blog","url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/eu-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/eu-logo.jpg","width":601,"height":283,"caption":"Horizon Magazine Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/#\/schema\/person\/e83541e32d03643ff153c4edd112d573","name":"Aisling Irwin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c0f9a126ff416fd189b170e7d82ca3350e022ae3dd403001a11b09cb5de3a4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c0f9a126ff416fd189b170e7d82ca3350e022ae3dd403001a11b09cb5de3a4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c0f9a126ff416fd189b170e7d82ca3350e022ae3dd403001a11b09cb5de3a4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Aisling Irwin"},"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/author\/aislingirwin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/42171379071_c17f25dfd9_b.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgtNKV-rM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":223,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/223\/europe-must-sea-food-in-a-new-way-thanks-to-warming-waters\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":0},"title":"Europe must sea food in a new way thanks to warming waters","author":"Julianna Photopoulos","date":"April 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the world's fastest growing food sectors, providing about half of all the fish we eat. As it stands, climate change is altering our ocean\u2019s environment, causing the seawater to become warmer and impacting the marine\u00a0 ecosystems profoundly.\u00a0How will these changes affect marine species,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earth, Energy & Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Earth, Energy & Environment","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/category\/earth-energy-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Aquaculture and fish farms must adapt to the changing sea conditions of climate change.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/fisheries.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/fisheries.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/fisheries.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/fisheries.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/fisheries.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/fisheries.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1647,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1647\/mediterranean-wineries-are-in-a-climate-hotspot-climatologists-are-helping-them-adapt\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":1},"title":"Mediterranean wineries are in a climate hotspot. Climatologists are helping them adapt","author":"Horizon Magazine","date":"February 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"From the possible demise of Merlot grapes in Bordeaux to loss of olive trees in north Africa, the impacts of climate change will be felt by farmers across the Mediterranean region, say climatologists. To help the region\u2019s agricultural producers cope with shifting weather patterns, and make strategic decisions now for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earth, Energy & Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Earth, Energy & Environment","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/category\/earth-energy-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/lukasz-czechowicz-m-r4OozGeN8-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/lukasz-czechowicz-m-r4OozGeN8-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/lukasz-czechowicz-m-r4OozGeN8-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/lukasz-czechowicz-m-r4OozGeN8-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/lukasz-czechowicz-m-r4OozGeN8-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/lukasz-czechowicz-m-r4OozGeN8-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2133,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/2133\/mediterranean-wineries-are-in-a-climate-hotspot-climatologists-are-helping-them-adapt-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":2},"title":"Mediterranean wineries are in a climate hotspot. Climatologists are helping them adapt","author":"Horizon Magazine","date":"August 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"From the possible demise of Merlot grapes in Bordeaux to loss of olive trees in north Africa, the impacts of climate change will be felt by farmers across the Mediterranean region, say climatologists. To help the region\u2019s agricultural producers cope with shifting weather patterns, and make strategic decisions now for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earth, Energy & Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Earth, Energy & Environment","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/category\/earth-energy-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/22-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/22-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/22-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/22-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/22-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/22-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2091,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/2091\/space-the-greener-frontier-is-good-for-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":3},"title":"Space \u2013 the greener frontier – is good for business","author":"Horizon Magazine","date":"July 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) was established in 2021 to become the operational arm of the European Union\u2019s space ambitions. That means they manage the commercialisation of applications coming from satellites such as mapping, navigation and science missions. We spoke with Rodrigo da Costa, the executive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earth, Energy & Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Earth, Energy & Environment","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/category\/earth-energy-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/11jul-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/11jul-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/11jul-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/11jul-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/11jul-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1956,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1956\/scientists-turn-underwater-gardeners-to-save-precious-marine-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":4},"title":"Scientists turn underwater gardeners to save precious marine plant","author":"Horizon Magazine","date":"January 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Whoever said there\u2019s nothing more boring than watching grass grow, wasn\u2019t thinking about seagrass. Often confused with seaweeds and rarely receiving the attention they deserve, there\u2019s nothing boring about seagrasses. In fact, they are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Next time you are swimming and enjoying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earth, Energy & Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Earth, Energy & Environment","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/category\/earth-energy-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/20-photo-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/20-photo-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/20-photo-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/20-photo-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1506,"url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1506\/black-carbon-and-other-pollution-seeds-clouds-were-just-starting-to-understand-the-climate-implications\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":5},"title":"Black carbon and other pollution seeds clouds. We\u2019re just starting to understand the climate implications","author":"Anthony King","date":"November 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Particles\u00a0swirling around our atmosphere\u00a0add to\u00a0climate change, yet much about how they interact with\u00a0sunlight\u00a0and influence the seeding of clouds remains puzzling. Studies are lifting the lid on how these tiny\u00a0particles influence something as big as climate\u00a0by\u00a0analysing them from jet aircraft,\u00a0satellites\u00a0and ground measurements.\u00a0 The leading cause of climate change is rising levels\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Earth, Energy & Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Earth, Energy & Environment","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/category\/earth-energy-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Clouds that form in a polluted area will have different properties from those that form around natural particles such as desert dust. Image credit: Pixabay\/Pixabay Licence","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/1fog-1795_960_720.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/1fog-1795_960_720.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/1fog-1795_960_720.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/1fog-1795_960_720.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}