Research
Britain’s coastal floods have a surprising connection to distant skies
Earth.com · By Rodielon Putol ·
The Brief
- Storm surges that flood Britain's coasts can often be traced to air pressure patterns over the Atlantic and the Arctic.
- These distant pressure patterns help determine whether northern or southern coasts take the high water.
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Why it matters
Knowing that remote air pressure patterns help decide which part of the British coast floods can inform where flood warnings and defences are focused.
Who’s affected
- coastal planners and flood risk managers in Britain
- residents of British coastal areas
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Storm surges look like local disasters, but which stretch of Britain’s coast floods can often be traced to air pressure patterns over the Atlantic and the Arctic. Those far-off patterns help decide whether northern or southern coasts take the high water. A surge is hard to…