Winter storms of 2013/14 the most energetic to hit western Europe since 1948, study shows

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WASHINGTON, DC — The repeated storms that battered Europe’s Atlantic coastline during the winter of 2013/14 were the most energetic in almost seven decades, new research has shown.

They were part of a growing trend in stormy conditions which scientists say has the potential to dramatically change the equilibrium state of beaches along the western side of the continent, leading to permanent changes in beach gradient, coastal alignment and nearshore bar position.

In a study published yesterday in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, researchers compared modelled and measured data from sites across Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Portugal, Spain and Morocco and showed that the extreme weather conditions of 2013/14 were the most energetic since at least 1948.

http://news.agu.org/press-release/winter-storms-of-201314-the-most-energetic-to-hit-western-europe-since-1948-study-shows/

Study

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL067492/pdf?campaign=wlytk-41855.5282060185

Edited March 18, 2016 by knocker