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July 25th, 2009

Tidal mystery

Posted by Harry Fuller @ 8:54 am

Categories: Blogroll, energy, global warming, green tech, ocean, renewable energy, research, tidal, weather

Tags: Mystery, Energy, Harry Fuller

The East Coast of the U.S. is living through an unsolved mystery. Why are the tides running higher than normal? Scientists are puzzled and trying to sort through data and theories. They find no relationship to climate change. So wassup?
Tidal energy converted to electricity has been one of the areas of greentech with some promise and intense interest in coastal areas of Europe and America. So it would be good to understand what’s going on here if we hope for some minimal predictability in harnessing wave and tidal energy.

Harry FullerA newsman since 1969, Harry Fuller has worked for CBS, ABC, CNBC Europe, CNET and was founding news director at TechTV. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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RE: Tidal mystery
These higher tides are just due to the 17 year moon cycle. By the way,
the moon is moving further from the earth and the earth's rotational
speed is slowing.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: gertruded Posted on: 07/27/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
What's normal?  nikacat | 07/26/09
RE: Tidal mystery  jtiner | 07/26/09
RE: Tidal mystery  cypherbob | 07/26/09
RE: Tidal mystery  gertruded | 07/27/09

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