“A Bad Day at Sea”: Researchers Reveal How Rogue Waves Really Form

Rogue waves are not anomalies but the result of normal ocean dynamics. New data reveals they can be predicted. On January 1, 1995, an enormous 80-foot wave struck the Draupner oil platform in the North Sea. The force of the wave bent steel railings and hurled heavy equipment across the deck, but its most significant [...]

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