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Silver tsunami. Silver tsunami (also known as grey tsunami, gray tsunami, silver wave, gray wave, or grey wave) is a metaphor used to describe population aging; specifically, baby boomers reaching the age of 65 starting in 2011. [1] [2] This demographic will include a massive expansion to the number of people living in first world nations over ...
The 'silver tsunami' theory suggests that as older homeowners downsize or pass away, an influx of their homes will hit the market and help alleviate the shortage. However, many older homeowners ...
Batten down the hatches: Both a “‘skills tsunami”’ and a “‘silver tsunami”’ are on the horizon, according to a panel of McKinsey executives. Back in 2010, the U.S. had around 12 ...
This means that many millennials will miss out on any lower home prices resulting from the silver tsunami, Mark Fleming, chief economist with Fortune 500 financial services company First American ...
A megatsunami is a tsunami with an initial wave amplitude measured in many tens or hundreds of metres. A megatsunami is a separate class of event from an ordinary tsunami and is caused by different physical mechanisms. Normal tsunamis result from displacement of the sea floor due to movements in the Earth's crust (plate tectonics).
Moreton wave. Animation of a Moreton wave which occurred on December 6, 2006. Solar Tsunami. A Moreton wave, Solar Tsunami, or Moreton-Ramsey wave is the chromospheric signature of a large-scale solar corona shock wave. Described as a kind of solar "tsunami", [1] they are generated by solar flares. They are named for American astronomer Gail ...
The ‘silver tsunami’ alone won't fix affordability issues. Although the sudden onset that Whitney predicts would cause an increase in supply, it wouldn’t completely fix the housing ...
A tsunami hitting a coastline. This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that they occurred.. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, but are a worldwide natural phenomenon.