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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
Physical Impacts and Risks TOC
E - Impacts by Type
E - Ocean Impacts
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E - Impacts by Type
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2017 Ocean heat uptake has doubled since 1997
2021 Global ocean heat content 1957 - 2020
2021 La Nina and Indian Ocean dipole 2021
E - Ocean Acidification Impacts
E - Ocean Circulation
E - Ocean Fertilization
E - Ocean Ice Impacts
Global wave power has increased since at least the 1980s, mostly concentrated in the Southern Hemisphere, as more energy is being pumped into the oceans in the form of heat
If we can mitigate warming in line with the 2℃ Paris agreement, we could keep changes in wave patterns within the bounds of natural climate variability
Mangroves and salt marshes are particularly vulnerable to increases in wave energy when combined with sea level rise
The great majority of added energy goes into upper oceans