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Extreme Arctic waves set to hit new heights

Waves crashing into Arctic coastlines could grow by as much as three metres if global warming continues unabated.
Northstar Island in the Beaufort Sea.

The artificial island of Northstar, an oil- and gas-production facility off the coast of Alaska, has suffered damage from high waves in the past, and would be vulnerable to the even-higher waves climate change is predicted to bring. Credit: Alamy

Climate change will swell the highest waves in the Arctic Ocean, endangering people who live and work in coastal areas.

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Nature 583, 495 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02104-y

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