HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agowhere does the energy of a wave go when it splashes on the beach?message-squaremessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squarewhere does the energy of a wave go when it splashes on the beach?HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days 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-up1·21 days 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.
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.