Sailors, take warning: Decline in sea ice clears path for higher waves
Even though storms in the Arctic are no more powerful than they were in the past, the decline in sea ice means there is less to slow them down.
Receding sea ice is increasingly making Arctic routes a viable option for shippers, but with less ice comes greater potential for higher waves. While this has been recognized for some time, a paper, published on March 14 in the journal Scientific Reports, presents evidence of a correlation between increased expanses of open water and increased wave height.
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