HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agowhere does the energy of a wave go when it splashes on the beach?message-squaremessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up140
arrow-up140message-squarewhere does the energy of a wave go when it splashes on the beach?HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago(You’ll find that the shallow water is much, much warmer than the deep water at the beach, but I always blamed the sun for that.)
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat is true. That temperature difference is also true in the middle of the ocean, far away from any beach for a wave to crash. Blame for the temperature delta you have identified rests with insolation.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMaybe there’s still a delta, but when the water is a metre or two deep it’s barely noticeable, whereas it’s really really stark between a foot and two inches depth.
(You’ll find that the shallow water is much, much warmer than the deep water at the beach, but I always blamed the sun for that.)
That is true.
That temperature difference is also true in the middle of the ocean, far away from any beach for a wave to crash.
Blame for the temperature delta you have identified rests with insolation.
Maybe there’s still a delta, but when the water is a metre or two deep it’s barely noticeable, whereas it’s really really stark between a foot and two inches depth.