{"id":2265,"date":"2024-06-08T14:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T14:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/?page_id=2265"},"modified":"2025-02-28T03:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T03:06:47","slug":"king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood-by-billy-bragg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood-by-billy-bragg\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood&#8221; by Billy Bragg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2430\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2430\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/07\/ab67616d0000b2731c60ca42fb6941cbfcfd0389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/07\/ab67616d0000b2731c60ca42fb6941cbfcfd0389.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/07\/ab67616d0000b2731c60ca42fb6941cbfcfd0389-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/07\/ab67616d0000b2731c60ca42fb6941cbfcfd0389-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/07\/ab67616d0000b2731c60ca42fb6941cbfcfd0389-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EP (Extended play) cover for English musician and singer Billy Bragg\u2019s 2017 release of album Bridges Not Walls (from Genius, 2017).<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cKing Tide and the Sunny Day Flood\u201d was released in 2017 by English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg. This alternative song appears in Bragg\u2019s EP <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bridges Not Walls<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (image above).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Much of Bragg\u2019s music reflects his activist sentiment and has political messaging. His music has been described as belonging to the genre of protest songs. Some of the issues tackled in his music include labor rights and economic reform. In \u201cKing Tide and the Sunny Day Flood,\u201d Bragg addresses the climate crisis and stresses that action must be taken to mitigate it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can listen to the song <a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lWPZeQzN_Ws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and read the lyrics <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Billy-bragg-king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How is this related to climate?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bragg sings, \u201cBut it don\u2019t matter what you do, so long as we continue to burn our way through fossil fuels.\u201d In the first two verses of the song, Bragg acknowledges the need for systemic change, rather than individual change, to prevent anthropogenic climate change.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases that capture heat in the atmosphere and are commonly referred to as greenhouse gases. Most of these gases exist naturally in the atmosphere and help regulate the planet\u2019s temperature as part of the greenhouse effect. However, rising carbon emissions are amplifying the greenhouse effect (image below). As atmospheric carbon levels climb, more heat is captured and global temperatures rise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2032\" style=\"width: 1509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2032\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-Schematics-of-the-Greenhouse-Gas-Effect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-Schematics-of-the-Greenhouse-Gas-Effect.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-Schematics-of-the-Greenhouse-Gas-Effect-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-Schematics-of-the-Greenhouse-Gas-Effect-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-Schematics-of-the-Greenhouse-Gas-Effect-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-Schematics-of-the-Greenhouse-Gas-Effect-624x480.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram demonstrating the greenhouse effect, the process of radiation from the Sun being trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which raises the temperature of the Earth\u2019s surface by heat-trapping gases absorbing radiation from the sun and keeping the atmosphere warm (from Lai, 2021). On the left is a model of the natural greenhouse effect, and on the right is a model of the human-enhanced greenhouse effect. Burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation releases carbon into the atmosphere, amplifying the greenhouse effect and causing the planet\u2019s surface to get hotter.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the chorus, Bragg sings, \u201cKing Tide is-a-comin\u2019, bringing floodin\u2019 on a sunny day\u2026 King Tide is-a-comin\u2019, gonna sweep everything away.\u201d This reflects the increasing dangers of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/sea-level-rise-and-coastal-flooding-recent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sea level rise and coastal flooding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">King tides are extreme tidal events that occur twice a year in coastal areas all over the world. These events are caused by the alignment of the Sun and Moon, creating a strong gravitational force that makes daily tides more extreme. High king tides can temporarily flood coastal communities, swallow beaches (image below), and poison agricultural land with salt. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2267\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/06\/1.-Collaroy-damage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/06\/1.-Collaroy-damage.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/06\/1.-Collaroy-damage-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/06\/1.-Collaroy-damage-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/climatelit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/06\/1.-Collaroy-damage-624x478.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Side by side photographs of before and during a king tide event in the New South Wales Central Coast in Australia in 2016 (Australian Government\u2013 Bureau of Meteorology, 2021).<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The flooding caused by king tides varies by location but is similar to the amount of sea level rise expected due to climate change. In Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A. for example, king tides can raise water levels by 12 to 18 inches (30 to 46 centimeters). This is the same amount of sea level rise expected in the area by 2050. Since 2009, local governments and nonprofit groups have used king tide events to educate the public about the dangers of climate change-induced coastal flooding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sunny day floods (image below) that Bragg references in \u201cKing Tide and the Sunny Day Flood\u201d are becoming increasingly dangerous as a result of climate change. Sunny day floods occur at high tide on days with cloudless skies. While this type of coastal flooding is a natural phenomenon related to regular tidal cycles, it\u2019s happening more often due to human activity. Climate change is causing sea level rise and increased coastal erosion, leaving cities vulnerable to tidal flooding. The weight of buildings constructed on sediments and pumping of groundwater also cause the land under cities to sink, bringing them closer to sea level and making them more flood-prone. During sunny day floods, water can overflow from underground drains or from nearby water sources like oceans and rivers. Between the 1960s and 2017, sunny day flooding has become 3 to 9 times more common in coastal cities around the globe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_66312\" style=\"width: 647px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66312\" class=\"wp-image-66312 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sotp.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sunny-day-floods-637x477.jpg\" alt=\"tree ducks flooding\" width=\"637\" height=\"477\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-66312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of a park in England after the River Ouse overflowed during a sunny day flood in 2008 (from Earth Institute and French, 2017).<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>References and additional resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBilly Bragg.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wikipedia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. August 2023. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Bragg#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Bragg#<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bragg, B. \u201cBilly Bragg &#8211; King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood (Lyric Video).\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Youtube<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. August 2017. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lWPZeQzN_Ws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lWPZeQzN_Ws<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Breihan, T. \u201cBilly Bragg &#8211; \u2018King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stereogum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. August 2017. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1955928\/billy-bragg-king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1955928\/billy-bragg-king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood\/music\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earth Institute and French, K. \u201cWhy Do Floods Sometimes Happen on Sunny Days?\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Columbia Climate School News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. November 2017. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.climate.columbia.edu\/2017\/11\/29\/why-do-floods-happen-on-sunny-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/news.climate.columbia.edu\/2017\/11\/29\/why-do-floods-happen-on-sunny-days\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cExplainer: King Tides.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian Government\u2013 Bureau of Meteorology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. November 2021. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/media.bom.gov.au\/social\/blog\/1603\/explainer-king-tides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/media.bom.gov.au\/social\/blog\/1603\/explainer-king-tides\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flaccus. G. \u201c\u2018King tides\u2019 documented globally show risks of climate change.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PBS News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. February 2020. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/science\/king-tides-documented-globally-show-risks-of-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/science\/king-tides-documented-globally-show-risks-of-climate-change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cKing Tide and the Sunny Day Flood &#8211; Billy Bragg.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Genius<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. November 2017. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Billy-bragg-king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/genius.com\/Billy-bragg-king-tide-and-the-sunny-day-flood-lyrics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lai, S. \u201cWhy is the World Warming: An Introduction to Climate Change and Impact of Food.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s Up In Science: Northwestern University<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. March 2021. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.northwestern.edu\/scienheal\/2021\/03\/13\/why-is-the-world-warming-an-introduction-to-climate-change-and-impact-of-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/sites.northwestern.edu\/scienheal\/2021\/03\/13\/why-is-the-world-warming-an-introduction-to-climate-change-and-impact-of-food\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to cite this page<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood&#8221; by Billy Bragg<\/em>. (2024, July 9). Climate in Global Cultures and Histories: Promoting Climate Literacy Across Disciplines. 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