>>Over the last three decades, the seas became stormier and the roughest waves got bigger, according to a new study in the journal Science.<<

>>According to the research, the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica has seen the most dramatic changes. Over 30 years, extreme wind speeds have increased by 5 feet per second or 3.3 miles per hour, an 8 percent jump. Extreme wave height has increased a little less than a foot, or 5 percent.<<

>>“Changes in winds and waves will further enhance the damage sea level rise will cause. The results, however, show that the climate is linked in many ways and that a changing climate system is likely to have many cascading impacts,” he says.<<

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ocean-wind-and-waves-have-grown-stronger-over-last-three-decades-180972048