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Drake Passage: The 'most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe' — where waves reach up to 80 feet
The Drake Passage off the West Antarctic Peninsula is a notoriously dangerous channel that connects the Atlantic, Pacific and ...
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Why are ocean waves getting bigger?
The most powerful waves were discovered in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, but the North Atlantic Ocean experienced the highest increase in wave energy over the past 40 years compared ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation3y
Where do [ocean] waves come from?
Waves are a form of energy which in the case of ocean waves, lifts water up as it ... On the other side (the night side) things are cooling down again. We spin in and out of sunlight every 24 ...
University of Manchester6mon
Ocean waves grow way beyond known limits, new research finds
Scientists have discovered that ocean waves may become far more extreme and complex than previously imagined. The new study, published in Nature today, reveals that under specific conditions, where ...
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Observing waves in water
Like ocean waves, these ripples are transverse waves because the surface of the water moves up and down, at 90° to the direction that the wave is travelling. Water waves can reflect or ‘bounce ...