Researchers Study Coastal Hazards of Increasing Wave Heights, Rising Sea Levels

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 13:21 in Earth & Climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- While hurricanes Gustav and Ike were pummeling the Gulf Coast with rains and record flooding, researchers at Oregon State University were studying why wave heights in the Pacific Ocean have been increasing in recent years and how this phenomenon -coupled with global warming - might affect coastal erosion, flooding and development along the Pacific Northwest coast.

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