Sediment transport pathways and organic carbon burial impacted by offshore wind farms in shelf seas #DEU

Abstract: The rapid expansion of offshore wind farms increasingly impacts ocean environments. Little is known concerning synergistic effects of wind farms on large-scale sediment transport and seabed ecosystem functioning. Here, by using a three-dimensional hydro-morphodynamic model integrating wake effects, we assessed wind farm impacts on regional-scale sediment transport and organic carbon sedimentation in the North Sea. Results suggest that wind farms can alter net sediment transport fluxes by up to 30% locally, reduce mud accumulation in established depocenters and create . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/sediment-transport-pathways-and-organic-carbon-burial-impacted-by-offshore-wind-farms-in-shelf-seas/