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Research article
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06 Dec 2019
Research article |
| 06 Dec 2019
| 06 Dec 2019
Increasing turbidity in the North Sea during the 20th century due to changing wave climate
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1
3DH, UK
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1XH, UK
Michael R. Heath
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1XH, UK
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- Climate change and intensifying human use call for a monitoring upgrade of the Dutch North Sea A. Boon & J. Kromkamp
- Multiple global change factors and the long‐term dynamics of harmful algal blooms in the North Sea K. Brandenburg et al.
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- Assessment of the potential for quantifying multi-period suspended sediment concentration variations using satellites with different temporal resolution H. Lin et al.
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- Decadal patterns and trends in benthic-pelagic exchange processes S. Rühl et al.
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Short summary
The North Sea became much less clear during the 20th century, with potential consequences for primary production. This study analyses the hypothesis that changes in wave regime were a key driver of this change. We hindcast bed shear stress over the 20th century using a long-term wave reanalysis. Shear stress increased by over 20 % in large parts of the southern and central North Sea during the 20th century. An increase of this magnitude would have caused a large decline in water clarity.
The North Sea became much less clear during the 20th century, with potential consequences for...
