An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary ...
The first and largest documented rogue wave was an 84-foot behemoth, which struck the Draupner platform oil rig, off Norway ...
In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a ...
Forget the gentle waves of a sunny day at the beach. The ocean is a terrifying place, capable of displaying fantastical power. Now, a new analysis of the physics behind waves reveals they can reach ...
Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Rogue waves have ...