Scientists predict surf's up on NZ's west coasts

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2022-11-04 03:00

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Waves are projected to get taller along the west and south coasts of Aotearoa, and shorter across the north and east coasts, according to new research. The study authors simulated ocean and climate conditions until 2100, with their models showing wave directions are also projected to change around the country - with a counterclockwise rotation along the west coast, and a clockwise shift along the east.

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conference: New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

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Organisation/s: University of Auckland, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; Universidad de Cantábria, Spain

Funder: The current research is funded by the now defunct GNS-MBIE research programme ‘Climate impacts on weather-related hazards’, through a grant to GC (contract 3710440). FJM acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Science for the funding of project PID2019-107053RB-I00.

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