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Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric ‘meteotsunamis’ more commonA meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions, and it can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a long, shallow shelf. They are not as massive, nor as well-known, as ordinary tsunamis, which are caused by earthquakes in the ocean floor, and they are more localised. But they can damage property and endanger human life.