Wind and waves growing across the globe

10:06 AM Sat 26 Mar 2011 GMT
Oceanic wind speeds and wave heights have increased significantly over the last quarter of a century according to a major new study undertaken by Australian researchers. The results of the research program ? the most comprehensive of its kind ever undertaken ? have been published today in the prestigious journal Science. Studies of climate change typically consider measurements or predictions of temperature over extended periods of time. However this study examined global changes of oceanic wind speed and wave height, which are also important environmental indicators. It was authored by former Swinburne University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young, who earlier this ...

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