“2010, globally, was the warmest year on record. The warmer parts of the world outweigh the cooler. This would be a measure of global warming,” Evans says, but he cautions that the warm, dry weather will soon come to an end for Santa Cruz.
Whether you call it global warming or climate change, it’s here, say Evans and Gary Griggs, a UC Santa Cruz professor of earth and planetary sciences.
Climate change brings increased water temperatures, upwelling, changes in atmospheric circulation and wind patterns, as well as larger storms, says Griggs.
Surfers take note, since these are all things that affect the waves.
“Not only will sea level continue to rise, but the wave climate seems to be getting a little more energetic,” says Griggs. “
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Increased water temperatures?
http://weather.unisys.com/archive/sst/sst_anom-110116.gif
Sea level rise?
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=9419750