Our Boats Are Changing the Tide

We often think of the ocean’s tide as a simple rise and fall, connected to the motion of the Moon. But on any given shore, the reality is much more complex and oceanic scientists have realized recently that there’s another, more surprising factor in play. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/tides08_othereffects.html https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/15cspa_mega-ships.pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016GL069494 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/10/eabe2412.full https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018RG000636 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/Techrpt_092_2019_State_of_US_High_Tide_Flooding_with_a_2020_Outlook_30June2020.pdf https://toolkit.climate.gov/case-studies/minimizing-impacts-coastal-flooding-helps-city-prepare-sea-level-rise Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/ontainer-freight-ship-carrying-container-box-for-import-and-export-business-logistic-gm1197436795-341870851 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/aerial-view-of-cargo-ship-in-transit-gm1075953222-288098064 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/north-carolina-vector-map-gm583974898-99959931 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/global-warming-gm106412664-10563890 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/stanley-park-seawall-gm172190895-258185 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-delaware-river-flows-smoothly-by-wilmington-at-dawn-gm1181528815-331421006 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/generic-cargo-container-ship-at-sea-gm591986620-101652901