The tides sweeping across one of the world’s most powerful coastal seas are now among the strongest they have been in 21,000 years, according to new research that reconstructs how tidal energy across the Patagonian Shelf has shifted since the end of the last Ice Age – with significant implications for carbon storage, marine habitats, and our understanding of how ocean systems respond to rising seas.
The study, published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, was carried out by academics working on the Convex Seascape Survey – a five-year global ocean and climate research programme investigating how the seabed and continental shelf seas influence the Earth’s carbon cycle, implemented by Blue Marine Foundation, the University of Exeter, and Convex Insurance.
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